Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS

Eyeballs. Couple that with data mining and targeted ads and you end up with something that doesn't really fall outside Google's tried-and-true business model.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS

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Post by sjs382 » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 8:45 PM UTC

omnipresent1 wrote: post #5

some of it actually makes sense. how is google going to make money from this?

By driving more eyeballs to the web and away from desktop apps.

Re: Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS

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Post by dforbin » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 8:46 PM UTC

omnipresent1 wrote: post #5

some of it actually makes sense. how is google going to make money from this?

I guess maybe

1)helping encourage widespread html 5 and better javascript support so more people can run google apps

2) deals with hardware vendors

Re: Fake Steve Jobs on Chrome OS

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Post by gaius » Wed, Jul 08, 2009, 8:50 PM UTC

sjs382 wrote: post #8

omnipresent1 wrote: post #5

some of it actually makes sense. how is google going to make money from this?

By driving more eyeballs to the web and away from desktop apps.

Really? So you'll be working away, on your document or your spreadsheet, or you'll be playing a game, and some ad will pop up, and off you go, zero attention span? Why would anyone want that?

$50 on your Netbook isn't much if it means you hand your thesis in on time...