Bill Gates on Google's Chrome OS

From CNET -

Bill Gates is surprised people are acting like there is something new with Google Chrome. After all, it is just another Linux packaged in another form. He also finds it interesting Google is vague about its new operating system while simultaneously questioning the actual definition of a browser. (Google has a browser named Chrome as well.)

In a separate interview, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer suggested that Windows, rather than a browser-centric OS was the right approach, noting half of PC use is spent doing work outside the browser. Both he and Gates also noted that Google now has two operating systems--Chrome OS and Android, and might be committing the same mistake Microsoft previously did with Windows 95 and NT.