Microsoft has been trying to steal Google's search dominance with bing, the latest iteration of search from Microsoft. Now Google has announced that they will be designing and releasing their own Operating System (OS). What is an OS? Well, Windows XP and Windows Vista are both OSes from Microsoft. Microsoft currently dominates about 85% of the OS market. The remaining 15% is divided between Apple and Linux.
So, just like Microsoft is in Google's arena with Bing and internet search, Google is now in Microsoft's Arena with its new OS.
You can read the full article on the Google Blog here.
I'm paraphrasing, but the goal of the new Google OS is to make the fastest OS possible, that starts instantly, and is designed to be used on the web/around the web. The post also mentions redesigning security so that with the Google OS, antivirus software will no longer be needed. This announcement might even ruffle Symantec's (Father of Norton Antivirus products) feathers!
I like it! Go Google! Yay for Google!