Is Chrome OS a "Disruptive Innovation?"

Last week Google sent shockwaves through the technology world when it announced plans to introduce an operating system in fall 2010. Pundits quickly termed Chrome OS "classic disruptive innovation" that promised to up-end historic market leader Microsoft. Do the pundits have it right?

Harvard Business School Professor and Innosight co-founder Clayton Christensen coined the term "disruptive innovation" to describe a pattern he observed across a range of industries where an entrant would transform what existed or create what didn't through simplicity, convenience, affordability, and accessibility.

Recent disruptive innovations include Nintendo's Wii gaming console, General Electric's $2,500 echocardiograph machine and Tata's $3,000 nano automobile.

At Innosight, we've helped dozens of companies recognize and respond to disruptive developments, and we've developed a straightforward set of tests to assess a strategy's disruptive potential. Running Chrome OS through the assessment suggests significant disruptive potential -- but some real questions as well.

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Google announces Chrome OS, commences plan for world domination

There are only two personal computer operating systems on the market today that really matter - the Windows operating system and the Mac operating system. There are many, many more (think hundreds and hundreds) thanks to open source projects that develop different flavors of the GNU/Linux operating system, but only one of those - Ubuntu - is really even being offered preinstalled on consumer PCs.

The market for netbook operating systems, previously predicted by enthusiasts and experts alike to be dominated by Linux, is instead being ruled by Windows - much like the rest of the computer market. Apple is nowhere to be seen in the netbook race, and company officials have said multiple times that they will never be in that market.

Online giant Google currently develops Android, an OS for smartphones, but other than that, they've been conspicuously absent from the OS market, despite speculation over the years. However, that's all about to change.

Last week, Google announced plans to release the Chrome OS, a lightweight operating system based on Linux that will be designed for browsing the Internet - of course, using Google's Chrome browser. The OS will first be targeted at netbooks and have a focus on simplicity, security and speed.

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Google Chrome - Google to launch Google Chrome OS soon

Mashable today broke the story of the impending launch of Googles Next Big Product - Google Chrome Operating System which would probably be called Google Chrome OS. We will try to give you complete coverage of Google Chrome as it happens worldwide and will try and give you as much information as is possible.

Exerpt from Mashable

Google’s always been in heated competition with Microsoft. We thought that the competition was becoming hot again when the company behind the dominant Windows OS launched their new search engine Bing with much fanfare. But that may be nothing compared to the bombshell Google just dropped.

Google announced on their blog tonight that they’re releasing an operating system: Google Chrome OS. While the company already has a mobile operating system in Android, this new one will be based off of Chrome, Google’s web browser.

According to Google, the open source OS will available later next year and is primarily targeted at netbooks to start. From the Google blog:

“Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we’re already talking to partners about the project, and we’ll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.”

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