Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system developed by Google.
Google launched Chrome a web browser with good functionality in 2008.
One can say Chrome is hybrid of open source browser & close source browser.
It is my strong believe that Google will launch an Operating System as an open source for PC too.
Since Android is there for mobile devices i can not doubt that Google will enter PC operating system market.I believe that Google is getting help from open source community to fight Microsoft.
Google is trying to fade away the brand positioning of "Windows" & trying its best to dethrone the leadership through his collaborative efforts.
I would like touch upon some stats:-
Year Mobile Users PC Based Browsing
2000 0 .5 Billion 0.3 Billion
2005 2.1 Billion 1 Billion
2007 3.3 Billion 1.3
So looking at the stats it gives us picture that Google wants to woo mobile customers first then PC based browsers. In fact PC browsing has not grown at the speed of mobile users. In the year 2007 mobile users is almost three times than that of PC browsing.
Presently most of the mobile phones are having browsing facility in developed & developing countries & mobile browsing has grown at exponential speed. So there is a huge prospect is there which Google wants to grab first as a free service. Microsoft already has presence in Mobile browser but free browser from Google will give great boost to this industry and it will lead to more development in mobile browser segment. Android is open source initiative by Google & thousands of open source developer can really make a difference by enhancing the functionality of the browser. So one can say that it is kind of collaborative initiative by Google. So development will impact software & hardware market too.
This development in web world will bring ups & downs as usual. In fact world is curious about the development & if one would like to know more please watch the video following the above link.
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