The Chrome Browser Stylings of Google’s Sergey Brin
by Kara Swisher
Posted on September 3, 2008 at 12:20 AM PT
At the Google launch of its new “not-a-Windows-killer” Chrome browser, held at its Mountain View, Calif., HQ yesterday morning, Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin arrived late and looked casually dressed and very windblown.
But he was quite talkative about Google’s Chrome, the software to navigate the Internet that the search giant released yesterday.
Brin talked about a lot of aspects of its development and implications, as well as its business prospects for Google (GOOG).
(Google’s other Co-Founder Larry Page is also in a small part of the video, also talking about Chrome.)
In a follow-up interview with me on the same video, Brin talks about possible market share for Chrome, the Mac version and the reaction from the company-that-shall-not-be-named-much–Microsoft (MSFT).
(And, not to get too personal, but check out Brin’s luvvly-jubbly Cayman Red Crocs too.)
Here’s the video:
Also, here are links to three blog posts I did live from the launch yesterday, in order:
Liveblogging From the Google Chrome Launch: Hello, Sundar!
Liveblogging From the Google Chrome Launch: Toe Fungus and Pinocchio
Liveblogging From the Google Chrome Launch: Hello, Larry! (Wake Up, Sergey!)
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Comments
Thanks for that dig. MONTHS for OS X? Oh that IS embarrassing.
Meanwhile I found this:
http://dev.chromium.org/developers
which might give Linux (and OS X) watchers and waiters something to hit refresh on every few minutes. With it being Open Source, nothing stops an eager beaver from trying to build an early version on their own (if you have the know-how, which I don’t).
Looking on the bright side: by the time (MONTHS? Really? MONTHS?) OS X and Linux versions come out those of us insistent on using such things will be able to judge whether the trip is worth the effort by success (or lack thereof) of the browser on Windows.
Posted by Mac Beach at September 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 amHave you looked at the EULA for Chrome? As I read it, it essentially gives google unrestricted rights to any content you submit, post or display using Chrome. This is a game-changer, and deal-killer. Anyone professional who is paid for content…journalists, creatives, programmers…essentially give google free reign to use their stuff. Here’s the relavant sections of the EULA:
11. Content license from you
11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services as defined in the Additional Terms of those Services.
11.2 You agree that this license includes a right for Google to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals with whom Google has relationships for the provision of syndicated services, and to use such Content in connection with the provision of those services.
11.3 You understand that Google, in performing the required technical steps to provide the Services to our users, may (a) transmit or distribute your Content over various public networks and in various media; and (b) make such changes to your Content as are necessary to conform and adapt that Content to the technical requirements of connecting networks, devices, services or media. You agree that this license shall permit Google to take these actions.
11.4 You confirm and warrant to Google that you have all the rights, power and authority necessary to grant the above license.
I’m hoping you didnt right this article using Chrome, and give away your rights to the content…
Posted by Renaldo Cartaglioni at September 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 amgoogle needs chrome so it can control the ads it wants to pummel you with…that’s the ONLY reason google made a browser
because microsoft and mozilla control 100% of the browser and the browser is the vehicle for ALL web pages everywhere
i use firefox and ie…tried chrome but uninstalled it since it was nothing new, just a plain vanilla browser hack…
and the last thing i want is google showing me more spam, it’s bad enough on google.com
Posted by Sam Harrison at September 3rd, 2008 at 7:20 pm