Re: Chrome as Operating System [OT]

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/07/google_research.html;jsessionid=ILNZNGN3XEMIMQSNDLPCKH0CJUNN2JVN

"Buried in Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s announcement that it is developing an OS
called "Chrome" was a brief mention that its go-back function would be an
actual time travel app, raising issues far beyond a potential competitive
threat to Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT).

The reason for the relative silence on the news is that those issues are
proving difficult to resolve.

"So far, we can't restore a PC without starting an alternate timeline," said
a source familiar with someone who knows people at Timex, which is rumored
to be working on the software (a Chrome beta has been traced to an IP
located in Siam). Google could be developing an ad sales model to sell
packages in multiple universes, however, and has been briefing agencies on
the possibilities for buying cross-timeline campaigns. The slogan "same
consumer/multiple purchases" is being tested, according to an executive who
has participated in one such meeting.

Fred Schmidlap, a senior technology analyst, suggests that a time travel app
would change the OS landscape entirely. "Forget cloud computing, or the
Internet. Chrome could invent an entirely new product category for Existence
Systems, or 'ES'." He points to hits that stock prices took in companies
like pharma, alcohol, and other consciousness-influencing businesses after
Google's announcement as evidence the market is already factoring ES into
its forecasts.

The time travel functionality has also prompted attention on anti-trust and
competitive grounds, as leaders of the world's top religions have reportedly
sent a joint letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and asked him to respond to
rumors that the restore app will include an opt-in "resurrection" function.

But how will it impact Twitter, you might ask?"
[snip]

TB


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