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Google Chrome OEM Strategy To Take On IE

Posted by Soulskill on from the countdown-to-antitrust-suits dept.

ruphus13 writes "In an effort to take on IE and make strong headway in its share of the browser market, Google is taking a page out of Microsoft's playbook and working on deals with PC OEMs to include Chrome in their devices. From the article: '[Google] is likely to pursue deals with major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to put Chrome on their computers and devices. ... If Mozilla could get aggressive about this too, we could see Internet Explorer facing more serious competition than ever. ... Google, much more so than Mozilla, has enough global brand recognition, money, and savvy to make a big deal of this. ... Microsoft wooed Dell, Compaq, HP, Gateway, Acer and many other companies into making its browser the default choice on Windows desktops. Chrome currently has just under one percent market share, according to NetApplications. That number could rise significantly through this effort. Mozilla doesn't have the kind of money required to get the significant deals in this space, but Google definitely does.'"

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  1. Will it really matter ? by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chrome isn't ready for prime time ... not a good idea at this point.

    Why not just get them to include firefox and google apps, giving something of more perceived value?

    1. Re:Will it really matter ? by walt-sjc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Chrome doesn't have adblock, and probably never will. Extensions are king, and firefox has that mindshare. Linkify, Greasemonkey, noscript, webdeveloper, firebug, etc.

      I played with Chrome for about an hour and then removed it. It's a pretty horrible experience after firefox which makes it a rather pointless web browser.

    2. Re:Will it really matter ? by psychodelicacy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I installed Chrome, and forced myself to use nothing else for a week just to give it a fair try. Since then, I've not used anything else. I love the layout and the functionality - the way it uses tabs, and the fact that one tab crashing doesn't crash the whole browser, is great. Sounds like I'm in a minority, though. Ah well.

      --
      A closed mouth gathers no foot.
  2. Re:Firefox actually seems to be better known by risk+one · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think this is going to play havoc on people's understanding of the internet. Most people already think IE is the internet, but at least they knew that google was a thing on the internet. Now Google is going to be another internet that looks like a sort of three-colored button, next to the old internet that looks like a blue "e", and on both you can have Google, but you can't have the blue e on the Google internet.

    Expect some calls from confused family members, people.

  3. And IE is? by Xtifr · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chrome isn't ready for prime time

    And IE is? :)