Even better than Microsoft? That wouldn't be hard at all. Everytime Microsoft releases a new O/S, they're releasing more restrictions along with it. The DRM's get worse, the O/S gets more and more bloated which usually requires the user to perform a Hardware upgrade (for no apparent reason), the user-friendliness lessens, and the 0-day viruses will just keep increasing.

I couldn't imagine Google actually manufacturing Operating Systems or Computers. Though, it would cool if they did. And they probably would closely fit LethalX's description. I've read on a few sites that Google is going to be coming out with their own Internet Browser called GBrowser. A quick Whois lookup gives reasoning that there might be a GBrowser.

Google is certainly expanding. It's hard to believe what they've become today, looking back at the early days when Google was started as a Project at Stanford University, searching less than 100 pages, featuring a table of a few links to special searches / information about Google, an Archive of 'Google Friends', and a subscription service informing you monthly about any updates to the Google site.

Google may be able to produce things far better than microsoft, but microsoft was the first(Nearly), and these days everyone has a computer, and most of the products they use are from microsoft. The competition has come too late. I think microsoft got in first, and is too far ahead.

I think Goole will be more strong by the time passing.

Many more applications will be moved to internet rather than running in local computer, such as office suite which is the most used software and make most money for Microsoft now.

We can see Microsoft is doing hard work with keep up internet's step.

Who will win the race is not so clearly now.

Microsoft is slow. Thats all. They have yet to produce another wonder like Windows XP. I feel bad for them. Vista was a flop, they had to make a deal with Dell to sell copies of Vista. Nobody wants vista, its so highly disregarded. Also, their games are flops too. Only good game they have on the market is Gears of War. Halo is dead, nobody wants it again, Halo 2 was another attempt for Vista encouragement, but it has been cracked. I hate microsoft, go Google!@

I don't think Google would become a software giant . In fact, I don't think google even WANTS to become a tech mammoth like MS. Google, unlike Microsoft is careful about public image. Google is designed to the younger "YouTube" generation like myself(Mac ads says it all). As long as they make appealing products they would continue to grow in their own little arena. As for becoming like Microsoft, that would take a long time and effort from google. There is no way Google could become similar to MS as MS already dominates the OS and Software industry. Not to mention Google has to compete with rival companies like Yahoo.

This post has been edited by birudagmawi: Sep 22 2007, 05:58 AM

A google OS would be so cool. I could just imagine what the desktop would be like. It would be like the most convinent OS ever. They could take down M$ if they just made an OS.