NPR report on Google's upcoming new Operating System

I was asked to comment on a report done by the National Public Radio (NPR) about a new operation system that Google will soon be coming out with next year. Google is trying to compete with Microsoft. If you click here and then click Listen Now, you will be able to listen to the NPR report, which was part of its All Things Considered series.

Honestly, I think it's awesome that Google is coming up with a new operating system. The US's economy is based on competition, and when companies compete for the consumer, the consumer is the one who gets the benefit. Competition means innovation. With the fact that the technology of the world is growing so fast, I, as a consumer, want options for the different types of technology that I choose to use. I do believe that it will be hard, as the report says, to break Window's winning streak, to compete. But with the challenge, comes more innovation.

The only thing that I can think of in regards to the impact this may have on education in the future is compatibility. I have had issues with this in past. You want to be able to interchange between operating systems. For example, you want to be able to send an assignment to a student, or an assignment back to the teacher and both be able to open up the file, and read it, or watch it, or whatever you need to do with it. If there is no compatibility, this could cause problems in continuity in your classroom.