how shiny is chrome?

Google hasn't said a great deal on Chrome OS, so it is difficult to comment.  There are clearly many issues and we are probably looking at something that won't realize its potential for some time.  I'm not terribly impressed at the robustness and security of the Internet at this point to trust very much in a client-server (or is it client-services?) relationship.  But we will see ..

John Gruber has some thoughts at Daring Fireball.