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XIN - a Web OS that wants to be a platform
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04/22/2006, By Richard MacManus
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Recently Mikael Bergkvist has been showing me his "It's basically Windows' entire concept - only online." new web-based OS, called XIN. Mikael first got in touch with me about it back in October last year - and to be honest it's taken me this long to (almost) grok what he's on about! XIN is an online Ajax OS, which runs server/client applications on a virtual desktop. Mikael says it has been coded using "the simplest possible XML for the greatest possible rich apps".
XIN has set out to achieve two main goals:
1) It aims to be a web operating system that enables users to run a variety of applications within a web browser - similar to other such products, like YouOS. Mikael told me it's "very simple to create, run and install new apps for this 'desktop', privately and/or globally.
2) The second main goal of XIN is to produce next generation applications on the XIN Web OS platform. This goal is a long-term one and requires a decent user base and the app list to be fleshed out some more.
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