The premise? Google, which behind new-old CEO Larry Page has been trimming a lot of dark-matter projects, may want to clip Chrome OS now rather than invest any more money in it or the Chromebooks in the market.
The reason? People aren't buying them, partly because they're not as aggressively marketed as other Google products, but mostly because they lack the full-flavored capabilities of Windows PCs or Macs. And you need a Web connection to use them.
You just can't run on-premise software on Chromebooks. Sure they boot up in 8 seconds, but they have little fla...
