I've been making my way, slowly, through the Chromium OS information. One of the things that surprised me was the notion that the OS requires custom hardware. Did Google make a mistake by doing this? This seems like it would reduce their potential user base and make it harder for casual users to experiment with the operating system. However, I see that there is already a growing list of hardware vendors and viable systems, so maybe (particularly since this is Google) there won't be a problem here, and support for Chromium OS will be commonly present in mainstream hardware.
Will a single physical machine be capable of running multiple OS's? (Say, Windows 7, Ubuntu, Chromium OS, etc.) Will virtualization technologies (Virtual Box, VMWare, etc.) help here?
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Sounds like introducing proper unbreakable DRM.
ReplyDeleteIf the OS has been modified it will not play protected content.
Running on a virtual box? No protected content played either!
I feel angry.