'If I was going to take a stab at it, I would say that it's a matter of Google wanting to emphasize Chrome, and/or perhaps not wanting to confuse people about Android's suitability for environments besides handsets,' said David Kirkpatrick, a New York-based independent software architect who has worked with Linux for more than 10 years. Indeed, others wondered why Google felt the need to create two OSes targeted at the netbook market, especially since Android is still relatively new and does not yet have a strong position in the mobile market against Apple's iPhone and other smartphones. 'I thought that, given that Android was based on Linux, they'd be able to stretch it,' he said.

The decision to create a different OS for netbooks rather than continue the work being done around Android 'caught me off guard,' said Frank Gillett, an analyst with Forrester Research.

'Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the Web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems.' 'Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks,' the company wrote.

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