__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 12 April 2007 11:57 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ 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.
>>
>
> He won't because he never admits when he is wrong - this is the hallmark
> of a PR department, which is what he is part of.
Maybe he just read the article and then decided to run away, as he usually
does when he loses an argument. Nice modification of the subject line. The
Ballerina is at it again.
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