Google is not getting rid of Windows, they are getting ready for Google OS

This week has been pretty interesting with Google saying they will no longer be using the Windows operating system for their corporate machines. Now as of today it was revealed that the new Google Chrome OS will be released this coming fall of 2010.   The first announcement of Google no longer using Windows really took the world by surprise.  However if any of us had thought about it for a second, we would have actually been surprised that Google is still using Windows at all.

Google Android is gaining an amazing amount of traction in the smartphone market but maybe they are looking for even an even bigger audience?  Are they going to “Dog Food” their own desktop version of Chrome OS?  With Android being based on Linux it stands to reason that they would already be moving more towards Linux in general.

I have not been the most approving of Chrome OS as I have used it on and off since it was first leaked and I found it to be basically worthless without an Internet connection.  For things such as netbooks this makes them unusable for even basic tasks.  In places where internet connections are not reliable this just does not make sense.

I am sure that Google has the internet connection part of this nailed down for their corporate offices but maybe this move is part of a much bigger plan.  Maybe this is part of a plan to steal the Linux crown from Ubuntu?  While the average consumer has heard of Linux, the portion that knows about Ubuntu is much smaller.  However what would happen if the almighty Google released a full version of Linux?  It might actually be enough for Linux to show up on a desktop OS pie chart again with more than a micro percentage of the market share.