Google Chrome OS partners recruit developers

Google Inc. Announced yesterday that its operating system plans: Chrome OS. Has long been speculation it has finally become a reality. Chrome OS what kind of strategy will be taken to seize the market? How will the competition with Microsoft? How will the cooperation with hardware vendors? Today, Google through Chrome official blog explains some of these issues.

First, Google confirmed, Chrome OS is an open source operating system, so the end user is absolutely free of charge. Second, the partners of the Chrome OS problem, Google is currently able to confirm the cooperation of manufacturers including: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

We can see from this list several problems:

1. Adobe emerge Chrome OS is likely to support Flash.

2. Large PC manufacturers including Acer, ASUS, HP and Lenovo. These vendors are likely to launch the first online with the Chrome OS model, and the absence of the most obvious is the Dell.

3. Freescale, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments each of the three semiconductor manufacturers, but Intel absent. Yesterday we already know Chrome OS will support two x86 and ARM processor architectures. Although Intel is not the fact of cooperation does not preclude manufacturers Chrome OS work on the Intel platform. But Freescale, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have three ARM architecture-based processor product line, indicating a greater degree Chrome OS will be ARM camp “SmartBook” the support of the concept, rather than Intel’s “NetBook” concept.

Google also welcomed to join the world’s developers plan to Chrome OS. Programmers interested can contact Google in the United States, Canada, Denmark, Britain, Russia and Japan-related work of the Office to apply for Chrome os.