Windows XP Business Users to Go Chrome OS

It has recently been reported that one of the main strategies of Google will be the further development of its Chrome OS and the corresponding notebooks. As it is reported in the Google’s official blog, the search giant has reached an agreement with the developer of the virtualization solutions, WMware. This cooperation will allow running Windows-based applications within the Chrome OS. Thus, it means that all the owners of “Chromebooks” (laptops that are run on cloud-based operating system) will now have access to a desktop Windows, applications and data, using WMware Horizon.

Google has not chosen this particular period of time accidentally: since Microsoft has officially announced that the corporation will not maintain its Windows XP users any more. It means that millions of customers that are still accustomed to the legendary operating system will not receive any patches and security updates. Hence, it looks like a great opportunity for Google to entice the “orphaned” Windows XP users. Of course, by saying “users”, it is meant the customers of the business segment, i.e. companies across the globe that use Windows XP on a corporate level. According to Microsoft’s official statement, less than in two months, the corporation will actually get rid of its then most popular operating system. Consequently, this means that the Windows XP users, which still have it installed on their machines, will have to think about moving to the alternative operating systems. By the way, as per December 2013, the global share of Windows XP makes 28.98 %.

In turn, being aware of the given situation, Microsoft is doing everything possible to bring its former XP users (especially the corporate segment) to Windows 8. At the same time, Microsoft is currently working on tweaking its “eight’s interface in order to make it closer to the previous versions if this operating system. It has been reported that the mentioned update may be available since March 11, 2014.

Moreover, according to the official Google blog, the users WMware on “Chromebooks” will have access to the familiar environment of Windows XP, which will also be without the known issues with security and application compatibility. Currently, VMware Horizon View 5.3 is available only as a DaaS (Data as a Service) over the Internet. However, according to the company, the platform will be possible for downloading as a Chrome Web Store application.