Brian
04-09-2007, 10:29 AM
Dreaming in the "Cloud" with the XIOS web operating system (http://www.thetechlounge.com/news/11434/Dreaming+in+the+Cloud+with+the+XIOS+web+operating+ system/)
"The "operating system" (more on the scare quotes later) is based on XML and AJAX and connects to multiple back-end servers running Ubuntu Linux. XIOS is not an applet or a plug-in. Instead, the "OS" is really a complex AJAX-based system, and Arthursson says that it can be viewed as a virtual machine for XML applications.
How does it work? After downloading a couple of megabytes of code, a user can "boot up" XIOS in a web browser and start running the OS and applications Xcerion is developing. Xcerion says that XIOS and its default applications will be free, and the applications themselves will be open-sourced so that users can modify them to suit their own needs. Furthermore, XIOS is a development platform that will allow coders to create their own applications, so it's not just limited to productivity applications.
Is this the start of a true "Internet OS"? It all depends on what you mean by "operating system," really.
If you need an operating system to run it, I think it's probably an application. I'm just sayin'. Another indication should be the tag I'm flagging this post with: Software.
Wait, I use that for OSes too. Which this ain't! Brian, I need more tags."
Read full story here (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070408-dreaming-in-the-cloud-with-the-xios-web-operating-system.html)
"The "operating system" (more on the scare quotes later) is based on XML and AJAX and connects to multiple back-end servers running Ubuntu Linux. XIOS is not an applet or a plug-in. Instead, the "OS" is really a complex AJAX-based system, and Arthursson says that it can be viewed as a virtual machine for XML applications.
How does it work? After downloading a couple of megabytes of code, a user can "boot up" XIOS in a web browser and start running the OS and applications Xcerion is developing. Xcerion says that XIOS and its default applications will be free, and the applications themselves will be open-sourced so that users can modify them to suit their own needs. Furthermore, XIOS is a development platform that will allow coders to create their own applications, so it's not just limited to productivity applications.
Is this the start of a true "Internet OS"? It all depends on what you mean by "operating system," really.
If you need an operating system to run it, I think it's probably an application. I'm just sayin'. Another indication should be the tag I'm flagging this post with: Software.
Wait, I use that for OSes too. Which this ain't! Brian, I need more tags."
Read full story here (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070408-dreaming-in-the-cloud-with-the-xios-web-operating-system.html)