Fail and Googasm Google has announced the Google Chrome Operating System, which is the Chrome browser bundled with a Linux kernel and a handful of hardware drivers, targeted at netbooks. Yes, this time it's actually an operating system, but don't cream yourself. Yet again, there is a severe case of the media not knowing what the fuck it's talking about.
When Google Chrome was released last year, pundits completely lost their shit over it, claiming that Chrome was a new web operating system. Meanwhile, I pointed out that in fact it's a web browser and that an operating system is a very complicated piece of software that can't really be written off as "implementation details." Now, I guess Chrome is going to be even more operating-systemy, by way of including, uh, an operating system. Journalistic logic rocks. The pundits are losing their shit all over again, which is fairly impressive, because multiple Googasms from a single product are very rare. Last year, I highlighted the glorious incompetence of writers who fancy themselves tech journalists. Much in the way that everybody who saw Sideways is now an expert on wine, the tragedy of blogging is that anybody with a laptop and a Gmail account is an expert on technology. So now that Chrome will actually be a full-fledged operating system, let's see what the experts have to say.
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When Google Chrome was released last year, pundits completely lost their shit over it, claiming that Chrome was a new web operating system. Meanwhile, I pointed out that in fact it's a web browser and that an operating system is a very complicated piece of software that can't really be written off as "implementation details." Now, I guess Chrome is going to be even more operating-systemy, by way of including, uh, an operating system. Journalistic logic rocks. The pundits are losing their shit all over again, which is fairly impressive, because multiple Googasms from a single product are very rare. Last year, I highlighted the glorious incompetence of writers who fancy themselves tech journalists. Much in the way that everybody who saw Sideways is now an expert on wine, the tragedy of blogging is that anybody with a laptop and a Gmail account is an expert on technology. So now that Chrome will actually be a full-fledged operating system, let's see what the experts have to say.
Full Story: TechCrunch dubs Linux a 'big ol' bag of drivers' - Register
