Andy Boyer

So i won't be one of those people who pretends to know how the new Google browser, aka Chrome, will affect the stock prices of Google and Microsoft, or what it means to Mozilla and the Open Source Community.

But I think it's fair to say that the launch of Chrome fundamentally changes the landscape of the how the tech industry will operate.  I mean, you have to be curious about what the Google Browser will look like, and how they will integrate Docs, Calendar, mail, etc....

Now, contrary to the Open Source guys, I won't be saying that a Google Browser is a Microsoft killer.  For example, as much as I love Google Docs for collaborating on a shared whiteboard, as an actual device for building a real document, it's fairly useless.  So while there will be a lot of anti-MSFT sentiment that will put Chrome on a pedestal, I'll test it out with an objective mind.

But my point is, Chrome will be a game changer on the tech environment one way or the other.  After years of people saying, "Google will kill Microsoft when they release a browser," they will finally have to deliver.  So mark this date as a critical moment in technology.  Chrome either rocks (like Gmail), is ok (like Docs), or becomes irrelevant (like Froogle).  Test it out and see what you think.