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Google Planning Web Browser?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the reaching-out dept.

Kick the Donkey writes "John Dvorak has just posted a very interesting, albeit hypothetical, analysis of Google's future directions. Citing the 'unusual' hires of Rob Pike (from Bell labs), Ben Goodger, and Darin Fisher (both from Mozilla) and the acquisition of the gbrowser.com domain, Dvorak speculates that a Firefox based Google browser and Google-OS may soon be coming to a cluster near you."

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  1. Why the jump to OS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A browser is one thing and apparently the only thing the evidence supports. Why the jump to a Google OS?

    1. Re:Why the jump to OS? by HyperChicken · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Nope. They hired Rob Pike and a few others from Bell Labs for their distributed computing knowledge, not because they want to create an OS.

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  2. With this guy's history... by de+Selby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't this the John C. Dvorak that has worked in technology for several decades, making many predictions, talking of supposed trends... and being wrong on almost all of them?

  3. What's with the stupid google predictions? by passthecrackpipe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    event: Google hired a dark fibre negotiator
    press conclusion: "They must be doing VOIP!"

    event: google hires clever browser developer
    Press conclusion: "They must be doing their own browser!"

    event:Google hired a plan 9 developers
    press conclusion: "They must be doing their own OS!!"

    What's next - google hires a plumber - the end of IT as we know it?

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