Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. […] We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. […] It should just work.

At last, another operating system to challenge the status quo. I also salute the target of tech pragmatism.

This can only be good for the competition that is already out there. Challengers push existing players to new heights and the arrival of a challenger is in itself often enough to trigger a rash of innovations from everybody, not least the newcomer.

Exciting times.