[jbigelow76]

Google does if you're paying attention to the long game. Does anyone think that Chrome, and by extension ChromeOS, is pure altruism?

[snowwrestler]

It's probably more accurate to say that Google hopes to. I don't know that I've ever seen an analysis that directly connects the dots between Chromebooks and profit growth at Google.

[mcphage]

I meant more in terms of the hardware manufacturers; obviously Google does (or intends to).