The direct link to the Yahoo story is:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/ 20040227/od_nm/financial_korea_keb_dc_2
in case you don't want to have to do a search on Yahoo news
It will be really interesting if the Xbox lives up to its own pricing hype. The Wired's recent article said that Microsoft wants to be selling the units for about $100.00 in a year or so. At that point (if it is ever reached), there should be a lot of incentive to buy the units for hacking purposes. Right now, you can build an equivalent computer for about the same price as the Xbox.
The idea of non-overlapping windows reminds me of the Oberon OS interface. I like Oberon's clean look, and the interface is usable even on the old HP OmniBook 800CT's tiny screen. So it seems that Ion like WMs could work on a wide variety of monitors.
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The direct link to the Yahoo story is: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/ 20040227/od_nm/financial_korea_keb_dc_2
in case you don't want to have to do a search on Yahoo news
The idea sounds interesting, but I think there would be a major problem if the system crashes. Or, it could give a whole new meaning to the term.
It will be really interesting if the Xbox lives up to its own pricing hype. The Wired's recent article said that Microsoft wants to be selling the units for about $100.00 in a year or so. At that point (if it is ever reached), there should be a lot of incentive to buy the units for hacking purposes. Right now, you can build an equivalent computer for about the same price as the Xbox.
The idea of non-overlapping windows reminds me of the Oberon OS interface. I like Oberon's clean look, and the interface is usable even on the old HP OmniBook 800CT's tiny screen. So it seems that Ion like WMs could work on a wide variety of monitors.