Chrome OS is here to stay

Re:Chrome OS is here to stay by nraynaud on Monday November 02, 2015 @01:51PM (#10494077)

plus who cares? Chrome OS could just be a stripped-down android, and the world would be fine. Actually I though they were already mostly the same (I have a chromebook, but no android device, I don't know what's the difference, appart from the fact that my chromebook gets regular updates)

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Re:Chrome OS is here to stay by pgrote on Monday November 02, 2015 @04:30PM (#10495416)

I don't think that is correct.

There are flavors of android including vendor modified or changed specifications. They can be subtle, like a pay as you go phone carrier, or major like what Amazon has done with Fire. Each of these changes introduces security issues outside of Google's control.

With a Chromebook you get the ChromeOS from Google regardless of the vendor who made the hardware.

At least that is my understanding.

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Re:Chrome OS is here to stay by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Monday November 02, 2015 @02:03PM (#10494176)

> Chrome OS could just be a stripped-down android, and the world would be fine.

Well they'd only be fine if it were equally reliable and consistent, which is not a sure bet.

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