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Gmail creator Paul Buchheit is putting Google's new Chrome OS on a deathwatch.
He writes on FriendFeed: "Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year (or "merged" with Android)." His reasoning for why Chrome is toast: "Because ChromeOS has no purpose that isn't better served by Android (perhaps with a few mods to support a non-touch display)"
While it sounds like a bold statement, he also adds, "I was thinking, 'is this too obvious to even state?', but then I see people taking ChromeOS seriously, and Google is even shipping devices for some reason."

He's 100% correct about Chrome. We've been thinking about this too. What problem does Chrome solve? We're stumped.

Buchheit left Google years ago to start FriendFeed, which was a Twitter rival. Twitter won out and Facebook bought FriendFeed. He spent a few years at Facebook and is now with Y Combinator.

Author:	Lex Luthor [ Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:40 pm ]
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Quote: Gmail creator Paul Buchheit is putting Google's new Chrome OS on a deathwatch. He writes on FriendFeed: "Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year (or "merged" with Android)." His reasoning for why Chrome is toast: "Because ChromeOS has no purpose that isn't better served by Android (perhaps with a few mods to support a non-touch display)" While it sounds like a bold statement, he also adds, "I was thinking, 'is this too obvious to even state?', but then I see people taking ChromeOS seriously, and Google is even shipping devices for some reason." He's 100% correct about Chrome. We've been thinking about this too. What problem does Chrome solve? We're stumped. Buchheit left Google years ago to start FriendFeed, which was a Twitter rival. Twitter won out and Facebook bought FriendFeed. He spent a few years at Facebook and is now with Y Combinator. Interesting. I was also wondering why they need both Android and ChromeOS.

Author:	Sasandra [ Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:16 am ]
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Makes a lot of sense to me, Android would need just a few minor changes for non-touchscreen systems and would then be a far better choice for their netbooks as they would only have to support one OS instead of two.

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Wed Dec 15, 2010 12:44 am ]
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ChromeOS is Google's hedge in case cloud-based **** really takes off and leaves other stuff in the dust. Android is still a download and host apps locally model. That said, I don't see the kinds of platforms that would be targetted as having sufficient reliable bandwidth for cloud to be advantageous, even if you break the uneasiness about integrity and such. As such, I agree with him. At best, ChromeOS may survive as kind of a Google native Java-like environment. A portable API for Web 2.0 crap.

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