Google is on its way to launch Chrome OS by the end of 2010, and Microsoft is still promoting Windows Azure. Both of the systems deal with cloud computing and lets user personalize the space in the cloud. But aren’t they too late? Because TransMedia, a US based software company, has already launched a Glide Operating System with a focus on Desktop and Web Search.

Screen Shot from glidedigital.com

Glide OS 4.0 is a Web Operating System and Application suite packed into a browser plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Apple Safari Web browsers. Glide OS essentially wraps desktop functionality around Web content from any computing device powered by an Internet connection.

TransMedia has announced that by the first half of 2010, it will launch a bootable version of Glide for Netbooks. The company mentions that it will target a niche market like Health Care and Education, providing alternative to Windows. The system will provide a unified desktop, file management system, a comprehensive suite of the Glide Application Suite, offline access to communication and collaboration suite and data capture and sync technology.

So it’s not that Glide tends to dominate the market because it’s quite compatible will all the web browsers today and it only hopes to provide better alternative to niche market where it will fit. Moreover, Glide is designed to run on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm Pre, Symbian and Windows Mobile and to automatically translate file formats between platforms based on automated device identification and file transcoding.