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Google launched Google Chrome, an open source-based web browser which attempts to compete with Microsoft?s Internet Explorer and Mozilla?s Firefox.
So why have Google decided to throw the hand into the browser ring? “Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.”
?The biggest challenge for us is that users don?t realize they have a choice when it comes to browsers. If there is a competition, this will help improve the available browsers in the market. Our goal is to provide more choice for users, less problems for developers and grow the over-all market? said Linus Upson, Director of Engineering, Google Inc.
This was Microsofts response to the new browser:
Dean Hachamovitch, general manager of Internet Explorer at Microsoft Corp., declared: ?The browser landscape is highly competitive, but people will choose Internet Explorer 8 for the way it puts the services they want right at their fingertips, respects their personal choices about how they want to browse and, more than any other browsing technology, puts them in control of their personal data online.?
Ooooooo!….Hand bags.
Google Chrome boasts impressive:
1) SPEED
2) PRIVACY/SECURITY
3) STANDARDS
4) USER EXPERIENCE and
5) STABILITY
And even comes with a comic book style introduction for all the Stan Lee fans.
Yes, this is big
CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber’s analysis of Google Chrome was this: “It would be in line with other Google open-source projects, such as OpenSocial and Google Gears. Creating a competitor to Firefox, as well as Internet Explorer and Opera, could spur more innovation.”
“Open sourcing the code is a smart way to avoid the ‘Google wants to take over the world’ fear, but it seems that Google has ambitions to create a comprehensive Internet operating system, including a browser, applications, middleware and cloud infrastructure.”