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[News] Ex-Softie Expects Millions to Use His Web Operating System

Dreaming in the "Cloud" with the XIOS web operating system

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| Of course, XIOS is not a full operating system, as the term is
| traditionally defined. It requires a host OS to boot up and
| launch a web browser before it can start operating. A more
| accurate phrase is perhaps "Cloud OS" because running it
| requires access to the "cloud," that is, a network of
| services and connections that exist on the Internet.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070408-dreaming-in-the-cloud-with-the-xios-web-operating-system.html?ntfld.2.20
http://tinyurl.com/yt9fp5

Some ex-Softies have actually defected to the Free/open source software camp,
which is very telling. Google and Microsoft work on their own "cloud" as
well. Microsoft's might not be platform-independent (it's natural to expect
this, isn't it?).

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