Google exec: 60% of businesses could dump Windows for Chrome OS
11/27/2010 12:47:00 PM
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Google continues to send the world mixed messages about Chrome OS.Depending on who you ask about Chrome OS at Google or among Google analysts, you could hear any one of the following messages:
- Chrome OS will be released in December
- Chrome OS has been delayed until 2011
- Chrome OS will be killed before it comes to market
- Chrome OS and Android will merge into one platform
The latest information comes from a New York Times report that cites its source as Linus Upson, Chrome chief and Google vice president of engineering. The new report says Google recently deployed new systems loaded with Chrome OS to internal Google employees, including Sergey Brin. The Google co-founder reluctantly made the exchange.
However, the kicker in the Times story was this: “Mr. Upson says that 60 percent of businesses could immediately replace their Windows machines with computers running Chrome OS. He also says he hopes it will put corporate systems administrators out of work because software updates will be made automatically over the Web.”
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