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Gmail creator Paul Buchheit gives Google’s Chrome OS a vote of no confidence

By Tiffany Hsu
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Google’s Chrome operating system isn’t even out of its beta stage yet, and Gmail creator Paul Buchheit is already predicting its demise.

“Prediction: Chrome OS will be killed next year (or ‘merged’ with Android),” Buchheit posted on messaging network FriendFeed. That’s another service he founded.

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Chrome, which slogged through several delays, offers few superior features to Google’s Android system, Buchheit added. The operating system will officially launch sometime in 2011, according to Google.

“Yeah, I was thinking, ‘Is this too obvious to even state?’ but then I see people taking ChromeOS seriously, and Google is even shipping devices for some reason,” he wrote.

Last week, Mountain View-based Google began shipping out its new Acer-built Cr-48 laptops to select Chrome testers.

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-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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