The problem with this cartoon, back then, was that it was playing into almost every pundit's ridiculous assertion that Chrome was an OS, not a browser.
It's technology 101: a browser isn't an operating system. Even my gramma can tell you that, and she can't find the start button.
Timothy West | PHOTONOMY
· 5 months ago
this prettty cool.. and clever.. love the cartoon..
Arthur Brigg
· 5 months ago
... as a cartoonist myself: *lovely*
Mike Stenger
· 5 months ago
That's great! The part that I find very interesting that I never realized is that Chrome uses virtually the same colors as Windows. Intentional?
Adam Ostrow
· 5 months ago
it's also the same colors as the google logo though ... probably coincidence I'd say :-)
Jonny Wilde
· 5 months ago
Unless the google logo was intentionally the same colours in the first time... hmmm... the plot thicken
Friar Greg
· 4 months ago
It's a CONSPIRACY!! Google always meant to take down the man... I could see it in its eyes it would oogle me every time I typed in my searches! It got to the point I was just uncomfortable with IE altogether and had to switch to chrome just to feel safe on the net again.
Ganesh
· 5 months ago
nice cartoon.stumbled it.
Mathias Eichler
· 5 months ago
It seemed obvious after the chose the "official M$ colors for their browser... weak marketing though...
Miguel
· 5 months ago
lol, I hadn't noticed they had the same colors.
Michael
· 5 months ago
Crush one giant monopy to create another! Geez - you'd think they could at least pick different colours!
Name
· 2 months ago
Monopoly? Microsoft tries to dominate the market and crush competition, gouging its customers' pocketbooks. Google, meanwhile, fully supports the open source movement, encourages competition, and offers almost everything to the public for free.
I'll take a Google "monopoly" over a Microsoft one anyday.
akila87
· 5 months ago
Oh!!! that is same color they are surely after windows poor bill :D
Eider
· 5 months ago
So sweet that promo! I bet this gonna be soo interesting!
Zac Johnson
· 5 months ago
Though I like Microsoft... it's an amazing illustration!
Aamod
· 5 months ago
Nice One!!
paulsweeney
· 5 months ago
That is just brilliant. Genius in fact.
Stephen Robinson
· 5 months ago
Its funny that both use the same colours.
Abhishek
· 5 months ago
Maybe the cartoonist meant to crush microsoft IE? Agreed its the windows logo.. but its the only logo with google colors.
Abhishek
· 5 months ago
Maybe the cartoonist meant to crush microsoft IE? Agreed its the windows logo.. but its the only logo with google colors.
David
· 5 months ago
Adam, its plain and simple. The power of Google Chrome is derived from Simon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%28game%29 - the all knowing, all seeing memory game from the 70's. The cartoon diverts us from Google's true energy source. Google's yet unreleased products will no dobut be powered by the "Trouble" engine.
Nikki Flores
· 5 months ago
Ahahahahahaha! I love it!
sarosenberg
· 5 months ago
Well, it was clear to me when I read that Asus would not go for Android and partner up with Microsoft. At first it was totally irritating because Asus demonstrated (and withdrew from a trade fair) Android on netbooks but then it perfectly made sense to me. Thus the platform for the netbook OS was not Google Android as I expected but a Google Chrome OS. Asus' Linux desktop investments are very much behind the scenes but you can connect the dots. I wonder what the guys at Microsoft now think about their anti-Linux pact with Asus, the eeePC manufacturer.
Yasser
· 5 months ago
Now that is hillarious!
Erwan
· 5 months ago
Also I believe that we could all see, even a year ago, that web apps running in a browser, and more specifically running in Chrome, was actually Google's move to tackle Microsoft; I had actually never released that they were using the exact same four primary colors
It would be awesome to see this same cartoon, but in reverse as an Advert for Bing ;-)
wonkette
· 5 months ago
I don't think ChromeOS will kill Windows, but force MS to come out with a competing product. Google and MS both want world domination. I'd like to see a split. I don't want to Google to control my stuff any more than MS. Which is why I won't put my stuff in the cloud, yet. Or at least, not Google's cloud. And this is why I don't use IE either.
coolfx35
· 4 months ago
In Chrome OS, the applications run in a browser. Every operating system has web browsers available. Developers who develop for Chrome OS will be developing software that also works on Windows and Mac (and Linux). This kills several birds with one stone. Cost effectiveness: near universal market if developing a web app compatible with Chrome OS; Recognition: People who get used to web apps on Windows will be right at home using them on Chrome OS; Breadth: As more and more apps are move to the web, all these capabilities are immediately gained by Chrome OS; Simplicity: Pretty much everyone knows how to use a web browser; Compatibility: all files on any OS can easily be passed around and collaborated on because, again, the OS isn't the platform,
The only people excited about cloud computing seem to be IT writers who cherish the idea of accessing their data from any computer. But they can do that already. This cloud computing just makes no sense. But then again, when did sense have any place in the IT world?
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Remember my post on that? http://mashable.com/2008/09/02/chrome-windows/
It's technology 101: a browser isn't an operating system. Even my gramma can tell you that, and she can't find the start button.
I'll take a Google "monopoly" over a Microsoft one anyday.
Google and MS both want world domination. I'd like to see a split. I don't want to Google to control my stuff any more than MS. Which is why I won't put my stuff in the cloud, yet. Or at least, not Google's cloud. And this is why I don't use IE either.
The only people excited about cloud computing seem to be IT writers who cherish the idea of accessing their data from any computer. But they can do that already. This cloud computing just makes no sense. But then again, when did sense have any place in the IT world?
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