By Sharon Gaudin and Juan Carlos Perez December 7, 2009
The already intense Google-Microsoft rivalry heated up considerably last month with the long-expected release of Google Inc.'s Chrome operating system to the open-source community. Analysts say that if the new Linux-based operating system catches on quickly after it becomes generally available late next year, Google's effort to convince corporate users that its hosted Google Apps offering is a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite could get a huge boost. "This really is a fight to the death for Google and Microsoft," said Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat. "It is a fight between business models for software, applications, advertising and the Internet."During a press conference held in mid-November to demonstrate the capabilities of the new operating system, Google officials made it clear that Chrome OS can't fully replace Windows. The new offering only runs Web-hosted applications and only supports peripherals that comply with specific hardware designs. For example, Google officials said that Chrome will support solid-state disk drives, and not hard disk drives, to ensure speedy PC start-up times.
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