First Internet Explorer, now Google
Is Google becoming an OS? This article at Microdoc has been making the rounds. It suggests that Google is becoming some kind of “Knowledge Operating System”. I don’t think so. Maybe the Web itself is becoming something of a meta-operating system, but that would make Google an application launcher at best. Quite useful - essential in fact - but easily replaceable.
May 20th, 2003 at 1:21 pm
it works pretty well. But is it perfect? no.
June 30th, 2003 at 9:12 am
Easily replaceable. Yup.
June 30th, 2003 at 9:14 am
I also think google is going out of business. Google’s main feature was pagerank… but with the advent of RSS - it is pretty easy to see what is popular these days without relying on Google’s top secret system…
July 8th, 2003 at 10:19 pm
Google is a great search engine, but it’s nothing remotely like an OS. Nice use of hyperbole, though, good for attracting attention to the article…
Trudy the Monkey