Get ready folks. If Google throws its sizable hat into the OS and PC market things will get interesting very quickly. It is hard to imagine that they will supplant a significant portion of Microsofts market share but I can see something happening in the PC market similar to the effect gmail had on free email services. That is, with a new powerful player on the field, Microsoft and hardware manufacturers will have to come up with innovations to keep pace.
Google PC to Hit Walmart? – Fahrvergnuugen writes "According to latimes.com Google is set to launch the Google PC which will run Google’s own operating system. From the article: ‘Sources say Google has been in negotiations with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., among other retailers, to sell a Google PC. The machine would run an operating system created by Google, not Microsoft’s Windows, which is one reason it would be so cheap — perhaps as little as a couple of hundred dollars.’"
(Via Slashdot)
