Ashish | 
07 13th, 2009| 
The first shot in the Google Microsoft OS war has been fired. Looking at Google’s initial plans and ideas for implementation of the new OS, it’s pretty clear that it will be years before Google’s new open source OS is anywhere near a Microsoft competitor. But this announcement is clearly a shot across the bow of Microsoft, letting them know that change is coming. For years Microsoft has been sitting comfortably with its leading desktop market share. This isn’t just a Microsoft problem however. Sure, all OS developers both open source and proprietary have been bringing innovative ideas to computer users for years. Google, however, is looking to the future beyond the immediate future and planning to bring application development to the web where it dominates.
Still busy looking for free anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware security protection product? Most Windows users do not have such a worry by second half of 2009, as Microsoft has announced plan to offer a no-cost consumer security offering to “address the growing need for a PC security solution tailored to the demands of emerging markets, smaller PC form factors and rapid increases in the incidence of malware”.
Microsoft recently announced it was doing away with its subscription-based consumer security suite, Windows Live OneCare. In its place, Microsoft plans a free, standalone antivirus product, code-named ‘Morro’, which, the company says, will meet the needs of emerging markets. Countries cited by Microsoft as being in this category include Brazil, China and India.
