"For now, at least, open source industry insiders are
optimistic, seeing Chrome OS as being most threatening to Microsoft
Windows.
""With Linux as the foundation of Chrome, as well as the
foundation of other challengers to Microsoft's desktop OS monopoly,
we do see this as very good news," Amanda McPherson, vice president
of marketing and developer programs at the Linux Foundation, told
InternetNews.com. "As more and more people use Linux as the base
for their products, Linux gets stronger and stronger." A Microsoft
(NASDAQ: MSFT) spokesperson declined to comment. Microsoft is
currently in the midst of preparing its own netbook-focused
offering -- a low-end version of the upcoming Windows 7."
