Google Brings AmigaOS to Chrome Via Native Client Emulation

First time accepted submitter LibbyMC writes "Google's approach to bringing older C software to the browser is demonstrated in bringing the '80s-era AmigaOS to Chrome. 'The Native Client technology runs software written to run on a particular processor at close to the speeds that native software runs. The approach gives software more direct access to a computer's hardware , but it also adds security restrictions to prevent people from downloading malware from the Web that would take advantage of that power.'" Chrome users can go straight to the demo.

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Re:So Great OS ran on top of crappy OS?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow! Ignorant karma whoring at its finest! The Amiga OS was great, but not anymore. Hell, these days Windows 8 gives me more stability than my old Amiga 500 (with M-tec 68020/68881 accelerator board / OS 3.1). No memory protection, no way to recover memory from a crashed program, and generally unstable after a few days without a warm boot. Linux is a decent kernel, but on the desktop it's like an aborted fetus with Down's syndrome. Ugly and not too bright. Amiga OS was designed with a GUI centric approach, unlike the clusterfuck shit that is X.org running atop what is essentially a multi-tasking/multi-user version of DOS. Amiga OS was a fresh approach, not another neck-beard stroking clone of Unix.