>When Google announced Chrome OS and told people they couldn't develop native applications but would get to write web applications for a great browser, there wa

>When Google announced Chrome OS and told people they couldn't develop native applications but would get to write web applications for a great browser, there was joy, and Google's culture of openness was praised from all sides. I don't remember that at all. I seem to remember everyone agreeing that it was a stupid mistake and no one would ever want to use it, because why not just use a real OS and install Chrome?