While Chrome OS is an interesting foray into the operating system world for Google
, it's hardly a watershed moment in the demise of Windows. Microsoft has previously done a great job of eroding their monopoly by missing out emerging trends such as the rapid adoption of portable gadgets. Even so, Chrome will nevertheless be another blow to Microsoft as it eats into their market share of the netbook market. The actual risk to Microsoft would be if business people began to see the benefit of cloud based computing.