__/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Tuesday 10 April 2007 22:00 \__
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:32:31 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Dreaming in the "Cloud" with the XIOS web operating system
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| 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.
>> `----
>>
>>
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?).
>
> Once again, Roy lies with his headline.
>
> His headline claims that an ex-Microsoft employee claims that Millions of
> people will use "his" web operating system.
>
> While the article talks a great deal about this web operating system, the
> article is a result of a conversation with the CEO Daniel Arthursson, who
> is *NOT* an ex-microsoft employee. In fact, the article doesn't even quote
> a single thing from any ex-microsoft employee, and only claims that two
> ex-Microsoft employees were founders.
>
> Further, the word "Millions" doesn't even appear anywhere in the article,
> and what's worse, the article is pretty negative about the prospects of the
> software, claiming it's a solution in search of a problem.
>
> Roy, why don't you just stick to parroting, and stop "interpreting". You
> suck at it.
You put my name in the subject line again, so i see it. I read two articles.
One of them is in ZDNet. Read it. Then come back to your arguments.
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