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Friday, July 10, 2009

Google CEO Schmidt Didn’t Want to Build Chrome Initially

From WSJ Digits -

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Thursday evening that he resisted the idea the Chrome OS before giving in to Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page after the duo hired some Firefox developers who built a demonstration of Chrome that changed Schmidt's mind.

Chrome is described as an anti-operating system — one that is basically indistinguishable from a browser. Netbooks loaded with Chrome will boot up almost instantaneously and will store data on the Internet instead of a hard drive. It is being positioned not as a competitor to Microsoft Windows but one that will expand the market for netbooks, rather than eating into Windows’ share of the netbook market. Although Chrome will be free, Schmidt said it will still boost Google’s business.

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