Google Plans to Launch Operating System for PCs
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Google Inc. is preparing to launch an operating system for personal computers, a direct assault on the turf of software giant Microsoft Corp., which has long dominated the market for software that runs PC applications. The Silicon Valley Internet giant announced the new move in a blog post late Tuesday night.
It said the software, which will initially target low-end portable PCs called netbooks, would be based on its Chrome Web browser and available to consumers in the second-half of 2010. The was made by Google’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, its engineering director.
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