Google Chrome: Disruptive Technology

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All of Sony's (SNE) Vaio PCs in the U.S will use Google's (GOOG) Chrome as their default Web browser.

<p><img title="Google Chrome" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; border-right-width: 0px" height="91" alt="Google Chrome" src="/docs/google-chrome-logo-1_3.png" width="98" align="right" border="0"> Almost a year ago to the day, I blogged:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>"<a title="Google Chrome: Disruptive Technology" href="/public/item/212172">Google's new browser looks to me to be a textbook example of disruption in the making</a></em><em>."</em></p></blockquote> <p>While a few folks agreed at the time, most of the feedback was unsupportive of the idea—"Ho-hum", "Not quite", "just another me too".  This prompted me a few days later to say in another post:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>"<a title="Unpolished (Google) Chrome May Yet Sparkle" href="/public/blog/212515">Most techno-geeks think Google Chrome was stillborn; I think they are missing the longer view</a></em>."</p></blockquote> <p>Well, I still see Google Chrome as a disruptive technology that's been hiding in plain sight.  And <a title="RSS: Disruptive Technology Hiding in Plain Sight" href="http://myst-technology.com/public/blog/12485" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">disruptive technologies have a way of sneaking up on established markets, even when they see it coming</a>.</p> <div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:92c84e50-76ab-4d8c-946d-08bef31a9e88" style="padding-right: 15px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: left; padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><div id="93142712-9319-4262-9f11-ce8815f20093" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQG4DYtRbQ" target="_new"><img src="http://faseidl.com/docs/videod37ea62004fa.jpg" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('93142712-9319-4262-9f11-ce8815f20093'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"251\" height=\"188\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_tQG4DYtRbQ&hl=en\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_tQG4DYtRbQ&hl=en\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"251\" height=\"188\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div></div> <p>Over the past year, Chrome has been rather quietly collecting market share—roughly 2% so far.  With yesterday's announcement that <a title="Sony Vaio To Carry Chrome As Default Browser (GOOG, SNE)" href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sony-vaios-to-carry-chrome-as-default-browser-2009-9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Sony will ship all Vaio PCs in the U.S. with Chrome as the default browser</a>, it is clear that Google is serious about playing in this space.  There's no doubt that Microsoft, Mozilla, and the other browser makers have been paying attention.  Now, as this FOX video shows, even the mainstream media is paying attention (even if they do think Bing is a browser.)</p> <p>My opinion from a year ago remains unchanged:  Chrome will not "kill" IE, nor will IE squash Chrome.  But, Chrome will likely change the browser landscape... and it <em>might</em> significantly change it.</p> 9 application/xml disruptive technology Google Chrome Google Chrome: Disruptive Technology Google's new browser looks to me to be a textbook example of disruption in the making. http://faseidl.com/public/item/212172 Unpolished (Google) Chrome May Yet Sparkle Most techno-geeks think Google Chrome was stillborn; I think they are missing the longer view. http://faseidl.com/public/blog/212515 RSS: Disruptive Technology Hiding in Plain Sight Disruptive technologies have a way of sneaking up on established markets, even when they see it coming. http://myst-technology.com/public/blog/12485 false MySmartChannels/6 (mailto:info@myst-technology.com; MyST Blogsite MetaWeblog API 6.00.0627) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 aseidl 205.145.142.200 false true false false true 188081 false false true false false false true 187691 blog blogsite/FASeidl/web