Google Chrome OS, Will it be a winner?

Google very recently announced the future release of Chrome OS. Is this a suprise? not really as there has been speculation for a long time that this would happen. Google has been running it’s own inhouse variant of Linux for quite sometime along with the Google Webserver platform. This OS will definitely be a Linux distro but how flexible they leave it remains to be seen. What is true is that Google is one of the only tech companies out there that can threaten Microsoft with a release like this. I think if they can seriously improve on Desktop Linux they certainly have a chance, but as of right now as much as I love Linux it is not my primary desktop choice. I feel it still is a bit beta feeling. Linux is the most powerful server platform in the world though so don’t think I am one of those MS folks.I am certainly excited about this prospect more than I am the Windows 7 relase ( I feel Windows 7 is just Vista rebranded) and will certainly give it a shot when it comes out. As soon as it does I’ll install it and give it a review! You can read more about this release on Google’s official blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html