Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system

Posted Jul 26, 2011 9:11 UTC (Tue) by eduperez (guest, #11232)
In reply to: Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system by ibukanov
Parent article: Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system

A single-application OS running a pre-configured browser on the client, and EyeOS (or similar) in the server makes much sense for lots of environments.

Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system

Posted Jul 26, 2011 16:04 UTC (Tue) by maderik (guest, #28840) [Link] (2 responses)

Yes, it's called re-inventing the IBM 3270.

Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system

Posted Jul 26, 2011 19:15 UTC (Tue) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link]

ROFL! LM*O (etc. etc...)

I'm going to remember this one forever!

Mozilla to develop a stand-alone operating system

Posted Jul 27, 2011 5:17 UTC (Wed) by nas (subscriber, #17) [Link]

That's a good analogy. HTML 5 + Javascript in modern browers kick the crap out of what could be done on a IBM 3270 but the basic idea is somewhat similar. For certain systems, maybe most even, it's still a valid model.