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Web OS, ajaxWindows Launched

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the then-your-internet-connection-dies dept.

BigRedFed writes "Michael Robertson, of mp3.com fame, Linspire.com fame (or infamy depending on your view point) and more recently, ajax13.com has released another interesting piece of web software. ajaxWindows they are calling it and it's an almost full fledged web based OS that you can use to transport around your documents and mp3 collection to any device with an internet connection and a full web-browser."

6 of 211 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Blue Screen of Death by blowdart · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Until you can boot off it it's not an OS, it's a piece of marketing nonsense.

  2. Re:And I thought Web 2.0 was a bunch of hype by Dunbal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Accessing my mp3s and documents over the web has been a dream up to now.

          That's funny, I have no trouble at all accessing your documents...

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  3. Web Desktop, Not OS by PineHall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think it would be better to describe it as a "web desktop" and not a "web OS". There are plenty of "desktops" available on the web.

  4. Well, maybe... by christian.einfeldt · · Score: 5, Insightful
    From the article, last line...

    "We may wake the giant, but we're ready.
    Oh, ya think?

    Damn, I love this guy. Who else would do something like this? Bear in mind, this is the guy whom Microsoft sued for using the name Lindows, and ends up getting paid $20 million. Oh, and the RIAA? While others end up paying the record labels thousands for petty downloading, Michael Robertson founds MP3.com, commercializes file sharing, and gets paid hundreds of millions and then goes on to take that money to start Lindows, which, of course, lays the foundation for another pay day. And all of it using open source software.

    So when Michael Robertson says that he is ready, I interpret this to mean that he is getting ready for another pay day at Microsoft's expense. LOL, party at Michael's house!
  5. Practical? by VonSkippy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So I get a computer, then I load a OS, then I need a Web Browser, and I need to get a Internet Connection, THEN I can connect to a Web Service that provides me with ANOTHER desktop so that I can store stuff. Wow, compared to a $30 dollar thumb drive, that IS convenient.

  6. Awesome! by mihalis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm sitting at a Sun Ultra 40 running Windows XP 64-bit edition. 4 CPU cores. 8GB RAM. NVIDIA QuadroFX 3450 graphics. I'm on a gigabit connection to a major internet link (major financial news and data company). Even so, ajaxWindows recreates that, sticky, gummy, nasty feeling of running X-Windows when the machine isn't really powerful enough and dragging solid windows around is still a reckless waste of horsepower.

    The early 90s called, they want their SPARCstation 5s back.