[Year 12 IPM] An eye on a novel OS

[Laurie Savage]

A very belated reply, but Plan 9 looks fun!
http://cm.bell-labs.com/plan9/

Laurie

Roland Gesthuizen wrote:
> eyeos screengrab Jul06 
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/35945984@N00/201387616/>EyeOS 
> <http://www.eyeos.org/> is another interesting proof of concept, open 
> source project that my tech Mike pointed out to me. It is an operating 
> system that runs on the web. With a standards compliant web browser 
> (Opera, Firefox etc) , users can work with their documents on-line, run 
> applications, save and restore their desktop settings. The interface is 
> clean and quite easy to use.
> 
> This is a fascinating idea that worked reasonably fast over my home 
> broadband connection. It is worth creating a free demonstration account 
> at http://eyeos.info <http://eyeos.info/> for 20 min of fun. Interested 
> users can even download an EyeOS server to install on their own network.
> 
> The scope of what users can do on-line is fast changing. It does make me 
> wonder if this could become a new desktop for groups like Yahoo and 
> Google? Fascinating topic to discuss with your IT students although it 
> is probably just worth flicking through the screen grab slideshow and 
> setting up a web forum to solicit their thoughts and views to kick off a 
> class discussion.
> 
> Regards Roland
> 
> -- 
> Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
> http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au
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