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Google's OS Needs Street Cred

Google's Chrome OS on Dell PCs sounds like a nightmare come true for Microsoft. It's all talk for now, but if and when they get ready to do something, how will this affect the enterprise and Microsoft's stranglehold on them? And what does that mean to sysadmins everwhere, many with their careers tied to Microsoft's OS hits (and misses) of the last few decades?

Maybe it's time for Google to start mapping out a certification program -- the time seems right to tout one's Google Chrome OS deployment skills.

Posted by Michael Domingo on 06/22/2010 at 9:54 AM


Reader Comments:

Wed, Jun 23, 2010 Vince Collogan Jacksonville, FL

As much as I prefer Google's search engine over Bing, and the Android OS over Windows Mobile, Google has a long way to go before they challenge MS in the desktop arena. Look at the adoption of the crash prone Chrome browser. Mozilla is still the defacto standard in the alternative browser market, and Opera also has a higher adoption rate. Running the Google Chrome OS will likely also mean adoption of Google Docs, Spreadsheets and other Google technologies, which don't hold a candle to Office Live, nor other alternative office productivity products like Star Office.

Tue, Jun 22, 2010 Sysadmin not worried

Its all hype. Agreed that there is so much more than running a OS. You have to be able to manage and support your deployments and configurations of all your desktops. Gone are the days where support staff has the time to visit every desktop and load OS by hand. You just cant beat MS integration and management of the desktops. Its awesome and just getting better.

Tue, Jun 22, 2010 js

Look, just because Google has an OS does not mean its anywhere near Enterprise ready. Consider all of the tasks that are performed on a Windows AD network with SCCM, GPOs, rapid deployments etc on a mass scale. In today's day and age, you need to be able to touch many computers with few staff. I doubt you have this capibility with Chrome. In the 90's, InfoWorld was just so sure Linux would conquer the desktop and we all know just how well that went.

Tue, Jun 22, 2010 sj

If Chrome OS is the same quality as Google Apps Enterprise, then I don't think MS has to worry. After rolling ouy Google Apps Enterprise for my 500 users its obvious Google needs some serious experience working with businesses.

Tue, Jun 22, 2010 Kurt Seattle

Google's worst enemy is Google itself. Considering it's abysmal track record on privacy and spying issues, why in God's name would I trust any OS they build? Google's street cred is non-existent. If Microsoft was smart, they'd start playing this angle up. If Schmitt isn't committed to honoring his customer's right their own data what makes him think I'm going to allow his OS in my enterprise. Forget it!

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