Chrome OS to support streamed Windows apps
Citrix partnership allows Google to offer Microsoft coexistence plan for devices running its browser-as-OS
Published: 16 May, 2011
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As Hewlett-Packard has clearly recognized in its strategy for its cloud platform webOS, new and modern operating systems will not be able to ignore Windows for a very long time. Google was more aggressive when it launched Chrome OS last week, presenting it as a replacement for Microsoft, but there is always a gulf between the sweeping statement and the reality at Google. In fact, it is greatly boosting the chances of success for Chrome OS notebooks and other devices by supporting virtualization, and the streaming of Windows apps to the Chrome product.
The presence of virtualization firms VMWare and Citrix at the Google I/O developer conference indicated that Chrome OS would live more comfortably alongside Windows than Google headliners suggested. This summer, Citrix is to bring its Receiver technology, which already supports iPad access to Windows apps, to Chrome OS. Receiver is a front end for the company's desktop and application virtualization software, allowing IT departments to host applications on their servers and stream them to user devices and browsers. VMWare will provide similar capabilities with its VMWare View product, but this may not appear until 2012.
Google says Chrome OS will be the first operating system in history that will not require users to move their apps, since all processing is done on web services like Gmail or streamed through the browser.
Microsoft will soon release Windows Thin PC, which supports the same kind of approach in an all-Windows environment. It could compete with Chrome OS, though initially it is positioned for firms to downscale existing PCs, with a cheaper operating system license, to act purely as thin clients, without local apps or storage.
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