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Squawk Box Sept 2 - Google Chrome Conference call organized by Alec Saunders
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This morning we'll be talking about Chrome... Google Chrome that is. Google let the news about their new browser out yesterday in the form of a comic strip. None of us have seen the browser yet, but the hyperbole is already flying thick.

Read the comic strip my friends, and then we'll talk about Google's unusual launch strategy, mobility strategy, and whether or not this really is a threat to Microsoft as so many folks are saying.

Me, I'm not so sure.
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Dan York said:
Fun call today
bye sheryl!
Have to run. Jeanette...keep the boys in line! :) Later!
Dan Rockwell said:
yeah a ton
Dan Rockwell said:
all part of the PR effort I bet
Dan Rockwell said:
wish they did a commoncraft version
bye dave
David Brown said:
got to go. thanks all!
thanks for joining
bye andy!
need to drop. just got a call. bye all.
Dan York said:
I agree.
David Brown said:
Virtualization (like VMware) is changing the OS paradigm; I could imagine a major shift in the OS market in five years
ROFL! Who likes ILECs?
William Volk said:
OS as device driver
Michael Graves said:
sorry, bad attitude towards ILECs here
Michael Graves said:
..and all we get from carriers is big fat & dumb!
William Volk said:
I agree about the OS, but there's a bigger thing going on ... browser as your main world
do I have it installed on any PCs? nope
oh yeah.. I've used it
Dan York said:
I've used Gears
nice
browser 3.0
not me
Michael Graves said:
who on the call uses Gears?
airport security line sorry took longer
G'morning Andy
Jim Courtney said:
good morning, Andy...
Dan York said:
Hi Andy!
hi all
David Brown said:
faster and cleaner works for me
Michael Graves said:
standards compliance?
Michael Graves said:
Better = ??
Michael Graves said:
the significance of FF is that it pushed IE
Dan Rockwell said:
more and more moves toward goodbye office, chrome + web apps + future college/education environments
NIce to see you here again.
David Brown said:
Hey there Alec
Good morning Dave!
Does sound that way... Michael made that point as well.
Dan Rockwell said:
sounds like chrome would be a perfect match for this trend of EEE pc's
Dan York said:
Michael Graves said:
Might let the Netbook product category get the price down below Windows overheads
They do acknowledge in their comic that they have adopted ideas from other OS's and Browsers
Dan York said:
Audio just cut out on me for a bit.
Michael Graves said:
I loved OS/2!!
You'll be up next Jonathan!
morning Jeb!
William Volk said:
The FM Towns, QEMM rocked!
Michael Graves said:
OS/2 like
Dan York said:
thx
you broke up there temporarily, Dan
Dan Rockwell said:
yep
Nice one Michael ;)<br/>
Michael Graves said:
Given that its Google does that mean not yet in beta?
Dan Rockwell said:
haven't done facebook yet, i wish it brought up twitter profiles myself
Michael Graves said:
connects to PC and phone and has DECT earpiece
Michael Graves said:
GN9350 does that
Michael Graves said:
Only a trace of rain here in Houston this weekend
William Volk said:
all Google has to do is make sure Chrome Mobile runs webkit as well as iPhone does
William Volk said:
"If Google can pull an iPhone with Android, based around a superior browsing experience, it could be the final nail in the Windows Mobile coffin."
William Volk said:
as to:
William Volk said:
Absolute challenge to Microsoft. Explorer is the main reason why you don't use ActiveX for many apps. They break under Explorer. I don't know if this is a strategy or not, but Google must have decided to take matters into their own hands.
William Volk said:
Well, remember Google had to build a browser for Android anyway. In for a penny, in for a pound.
Dan York said:
Rather annoying that it's apparently only coming out on Windows, today. (And not Mac and Linux.)
Dan York said:
I wonder when "today" Chrome will be released.
Dan York said:
I would suggest reading Nick Carr's post at: http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/09/the_clouds_chro.php
Dan York said:
Dan York said:
A bizillion stories in TechMeme, of course: http://www.techmeme.com/080901/p44#a080901p44
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