Re: [dev] Systems Software Research is Irrelevant

From: Kurt H Maier <khm-suckless_AT_intma.in>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 13:27:13 -0400

On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 05:39:40PM +0200, Kai Hendry wrote:
> On the topic of odd finds, anyone heard of
> http://code.google.com/p/es-operating-system/ ?

"As we realize ECMAScript/Web based applications are becoming very
important and useful, ES operating system has been designed to make
the Web Apps APIs as the primary operating system interfaces,"

hands up who thinks this is anything but completely idiotic

> The included browser evidently has Acid2 support
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/es-operating-system/8oWtRZnDK_w
> which is a feat of engineering.

acid2 is an arbitrary test case to determine if your browser is capable
of doing things that are better done outside a web browser. feat of
engineering or no, the founding principles of this operating system are
terrifyingly misguided.
Received on Tue Jul 03 2012 - 19:27:13 CEST

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