Created Tue 2nd Sep 7:17am PDT by greggles

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How Many Operating System Platforms Will Google's Chrome Browser Support by The End of September?

The help still says it's only "available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later and Windows Vista."

Background:

Settlement details: As available for download from the Google Chrome website. "Run natively" means that the software has to be specifically compiled to run on Mac or Linux (or other OS) not just that the Windows binaries are run on Mac/Linux via an emulator (i.e. Parallels/Wine/etc.). If Google themselves package the windows binary with the emulator to make the total package run without the user configuring the emulator then that will count as having been released for the OS. Different versions of major operating systems will be counted as one platform, i.e. WindowsXP and Windows Vista count as one operating system platform.

How Many Operating System Platforms Will Google's Chrome Browser Support by The End of September?

    Windows only

    Windows + 1 other operating system

    Windows + 2 other operating systems

    Windows + 3 or more other operating systems

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	Windows only	97%
	Windows + 1 other operating system	2%
	Windows + 2 other operating systems	1%
	Windows + 3 or more other operating systems	0%

Activity: H$46,647

Settled as Windows only on Sat 4th Oct 12:44am PDT

Suspend date: Tue 30th Sep 4:59pm PDT Settlement date: Sat 4th Oct 12:44am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 30th Sep 4:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Windows only: 80%, Windows + 1 other operating system: 15%, Windows + 2 other operating systems: 4%, Windows + 3 or more other operating systems: 1%

Action history:

Created Tue 2nd Sep 7:17am PDT by greggles

Suspended Tue 30th Sep 4:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached

Settlement requested Fri 3rd Oct 5:27pm PDT by pixelpaws: The help still says it's only "available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later and Windows Vista."

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95411

Settled as 'Windows only' Sat 4th Oct 12:44am PDT by tomg: The help still says it's only "available for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later and Windows Vista."

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170 predictions

9 weeks ago

frostybeard predicted Windows only (H$20 at 97%)

9 weeks ago

kirin predicted Windows only (H$300 at 97%)

9 weeks ago

analogue predicted Windows only (H$20 at 95%)

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nadine_dr_computer predicted Windows + 1 other operating system (H$5 at 4%)

9 weeks ago

setrio predicted Windows + 1 other operating system (H$100 at 3%)

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9 weeks ago

frostybeard predicted Windows only (H$20 at 97%)

9 weeks ago

kirin predicted Windows only (H$300 at 97%)

9 weeks ago

analogue predicted Windows only (H$20 at 95%)

9 weeks ago

nadine_dr_computer predicted Windows + 1 other operating system (H$5 at 4%)

9 weeks ago

setrio predicted Windows + 1 other operating system (H$100 at 3%)

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apokalexsys predicted Windows only (H$20 at 97%)

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vitorpy predicted Windows only (H$100 at 97%)

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shojun predicted Windows only (H$20 at 97%)

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fullwindsor predicted Windows only (H$50 at 97%)

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spurt34 predicted Windows only (H$50 at 98%)

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doc_honcho predicted Windows only (H$100 at 98%)

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stephmoreland predicted Windows only (H$835 at 98%)

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alihahd predicted Windows only (H$100 at 92%)

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syllogic predicted Windows only (H$100 at 92%)

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fourgrays predicted Windows only (H$20 at 92%)

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gtown predicted Windows only (H$20 at 93%)

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mfriss predicted Windows only (H$50 at 93%)

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tukak predicted Windows only (H$50 at 93%)

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david_salvador_pt predicted Windows only (H$100 at 93%)

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bency predicted Windows only (H$100 at 93%)

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Comments (8)

  1 chris

I fancy a long shot on this one. Realistically they're unlikely to bother releasing a BSD version just because it's more effort than it's worth to compile

posted 13 weeks ago

  2 faisal

Sergey finds the lack of a Mac version embarassing, hopes it will be out within a couple months: http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/09/04.4.shtml

posted 12 weeks ago

  3 shojun

Interviews around the place say the Mac and Linux one were a long way away yet.

posted 12 weeks ago

  4 greggles

So...shojun is pretty confident on this one

posted 12 weeks ago

  5 shojun

Worried now tho ;)

posted 12 weeks ago

  6 shojun

Whoever countered my amount has kept their name off the radar, would love to know :)

posted 12 weeks ago

  7 greggles

Not on Mac: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/mac.html
Not on Linux: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/linux.html

Time to settle as Windows only, I'd say.

posted 8 weeks ago

  8 pixelpaws

@ greggles - I think you have to actually click "request settlement" instead of just posting a comment. Otherwise the admins don't get notified and can't take action.

posted 8 weeks ago

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