I like the idea of Google Chrome, a lot. But, then I like a lot of ideas, and then the reality turns out to be another matter entirely. Once in a great while, though, something comes along that lives up to its promise. Google Chrome lives up to its promise.
That promise, as I describe in The real reason Google is making Chrome, is to take out Microsoft Office and, in larger terms, replace the desktop application metaphor with a Web application one. I don’t think, however, that Google wants to get into the operating system business or replace Windows.
I do think that Chrome, once it moves to Linux, has the potential to be a big help for desktop Linux. If Google is successful with its Chrome scheme, then a side-effect will be to dwindle Windows’ market share.
