by Jeremy Ross

Created on: July 09, 2009   Last Updated: August 10, 2009

Look out, Microsoft. That's what Google is saying with its new operating system. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing devices. Microsoft is responsible for Windows XP and Windows Vista. Google (GOOG) is an American public corporation, specializing in Internet search and online advertising. Google is taking a stab at Microsoft with their recent release of Google Chrome OS.

Nine months ago, Google released a browser, Google Chrome. Currently, over 30 million people use it. Now, Google is extending to the operating system and as they put it, It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system that is going to initially be aimed at netbooks. Google believes netbooks are the way of the future and are trying to decrease the market share of Microsoft in terms of operating systems. Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds.

Now the important question what does this mean?

Google is trying to revolutionize the computer industry. Typically, a computer has MS Word, a Microsoft product, which is used to write documents. Google Chrome OS is going to eliminate the need for MS Word and MS Office entirely. All of these documents will be on the web and out in cyberspace in a secure fashion of course.

Google's goal is to replace software on the computer and have the software exist online. That is why the netbook is the perfect move. Netbooks have smaller hard drives, which means not a lot of software can be installed.

Applications are now going to run within a browser such as Google Chrome rather than an operation system like Windows XP or Windows Vista.

On Tuesday, Google got rid of beta in the names of Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and Google Talk. This is another nail in the coffin for rivals Microsoft. Google's goal is to compete with sales of Microsoft and gain more market share.

Microsoft is going to have to figure out a way into the netbook market. Netbooks are slowly becoming more popular and are definitely the way of the future. Microsoft is going to have to prove that they are better than their competitors most importantly Google.

Microsoft is about to release a new version of Windows in the following months. How much of this new operating system will be able to run on a netbook is an important matter that needs to be addressed ASAP.

The following months are going to be extremely interesting in the software industry. How is Microsoft going to respond to this obvious attempt of stealing sales and market share? Only time will tell.

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