Steve Ballmer Skeptical Of Chrome OS

"Who knows what this thing is"


At the moment, Microsoft has a market cap of $205.7 billion, and the corporation has its Windows operating system to thank for much of that money. It may be noteworthy, then, that CEO Steve Ballmer claims to be rather baffled by the concept of Google Chrome OS.

According to Joseph Tartakoff, Ballmer said during the Worldwide Partner Conference, "Who knows what this thing is. To me, it's highly interesting that it won't happen for a year and a half."

Competitors often downplay each other's products and abilities, of course, which might make the comment amount to nothing. It's hard not to forget that Windows 7 is getting ready to ship, as well, meaning immediate sales figures and revenue might be at stake.
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