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Gmail Creator Says Chrome OS Is As Good As Dead

Posted by samzenpus on from the way-of-the-dodo dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Former Google employee, Gmail creator, and FriendFeed founder Paul Buchheit has come right out and said what many people are thinking (or hoping for). On his FriendFeed page, Buchheit made a post titled 'Prediction: ChromeOS will be killed next year (or "merged" with Android).' In it, he bluntly says that Google's netbook-centric Chrome OS is as good as dead. 'Yeah, 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,' Buchheit writes. 'Because ChromeOS has no purpose that isn't better served by Android (perhaps with a few mods to support a non-touch display).'"

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  1. Nothing new by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Informative

    They have said that Chromeos and Android would probably converge for a year or so at least.

  2. Re:I think ChromeOS will be a success. by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Virtual Machines? I think you're thinking of "Chromoting" which I believe is a remote desktop-type feature.

    I tried an HTML5 VNC client and it was as slow as molasses, though that's not a surprise because even on desktops I have found VNC to be slow. Hopefully Chrome Remoting will offer better performance.

  3. Re:This guy is an idiot, it's pathetic. by mrjatsun · · Score: 4, Informative

    from wikipedia "Paul Buchheit is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the creator and lead developer of Gmail. He developed the original prototype of Google AdSense as part of his work on Gmail. He also suggested the company's now-famous motto "Don't be evil" in a 2000 meeting on company values.[1]"

    Hmm, why the hate.. It sounds like he's done some stuff.. What have you done?