When I read that Google will be introducing an open source operating system that may some day go toe to toe with Microsoft, I let out a sigh of relief. Ever since the first Windows operating systems I was disappointed in the Microsoft offering (to say the least). It was a piece of junk then, and although there is no comparison in terms of complexity, features, stability, and so much more; Windows Vista is still a piece of junk, just junky for a different set of reasons. It is still unstable, much of what it offers doesn’t work (my other PC is “not responding” at this very moment). It doesn’t work reliably, and that’s an understatement, and while the Mac OS is quite good and stable, there needs to be something that will run on PC hardware and give the world an alternative to the outrageously expensive and oppressive Windows dominance.
I am sure Microsoft will deny this vehemently, but I swear they made Vista so unstable and incompatible and all around unusable just so they could sell upgrades to Windows 7. Wouldn’t it be nice if Google had their operating system ready today and it was everything we might need in an operating system. Alas, Chrome OS will take years, perhaps decades to do all that some people need, yet hopefully Google will stick to it and eventually unseat Microsoft as the 900 pound gorilla.
