Great for consumers, say experts, but business IT won't want to cede patch control
Computerworld - Consumers may love that Google's Chromebooks will automatically deliver security updates, but company administrators will resist it tooth and nail, experts said today.
The notebook PCs, which will initially come from Samsung and Acer, and go on sale next month, will feature Google's Chrome OS and run only online applications.Google is pitching the new machines at consumers, businesses and schools, with the latter two groups able to buy them on a subscription basis, starting at $28 per business user and $20 per school and public sector user.
"It's software and hardware as a service," Sundar Pichai, Google's senior vice president for Chrome, said Wednesday as the company announced the Chromebooks. Read More
