Google OS: Be Careful What You Wish For

In what IT industry pundits are calling a "nuclear bomb," Google is releasing a PC operating system called Chrome later this year that eventually will take on Microsoft's Windows. Were I a betting man, I would predict that Chrome will kick Windows in the butt once it's fully up to speed.

If you're weary of Microsoft's serial missteps, including the fatally flawed latest generation Window's Vista, then you're elated at the news, but Google is already so immense -- and by extension so powerful -- that I am chary of joining in the high-fiving.

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