Dex is leaving, this forum

Dex · Post by **Dex** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:46 am

I am leaving this forum, I see the desktop OS as DEAD and my true Web OS views are not welcome. I will go away and make lots of money, instead of helping fallow OS dev's.
So i will turn DexOS into the best true web OS there is, you still all have time, to see the light, do not be sheep.
Even M$ is dead: http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

PS: Dex has left the building.

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:50 am

Didn't you leave before? Like, three times? How is this different? How do we know that this time your really leaving?

Tot ziens!

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:12 pm

Anyone else think he has some sorta super ego?

Dex wrote:I will go away and make lots of money, instead of helping fallow OS dev's.

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:15 pm

Dex: If you still read this message, the best of luck to you. I hope you will make it.

earlz · Post by **earlz** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:17 pm

is it just me, or have I never heard of anyone complaining about his web Os thing?
in fact, I never even knew you crossed the line between desktop and web

btw right now, I don't think that a web OS would be feasible, our internet is not yet fast enough(especially my dialup!lol). eventually though, a smart idea

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:24 pm

The entire concept is lame.. You need an OS anyway to "View" the WebOS..

How any serious "Assembly" developer could change paths to develop a.. What? Javascript/CSS + Dynamic webscript.. "FakeOS" ?

I fail to see the logic...

But, Have fun... be sure to "spend your dollar wisely..".. big money and all..

Alboin · Post by **Alboin** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:09 pm

The idea has some merit, such as storing data, but the aspect of a complete operating system through a web browser is somewhat ridiculous. Javascript, AJAX (Not a language per say, but nonetheless.), HTML, CSS, PHP, etc. are all greatly flawed. The internet wasn't meant to be used as a way to transparently run dynamic applications. It was meant as a communication method of information. To display data. Yet, people keep adding more and more garbage to this stew of horrible technologies. Until there is a universal dynamic client and server language, the idea of complex web applications for general use is dead.

Just my thought on the subject...

ehird · Post by **ehird** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:19 pm

I'm sorry, I just fell over laughing.

What did you say?

Oh, yes, big moneys. Web OS. Careful citing of PG essay. I see.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:33 pm

I am really sorry to see you are yet to get off this train to no where Dex. It is unfortuante that so many important industry leaders have also fallen victim to the misconception that Web Services and the like are a "wave of the future". I can see how mixing internet technologies with an Operating System could be incredibly useful in a time after this current phase, but for now, i just see a huge trainwreck when the market coems to a stand still in only a few short years. I am also sorry to see you go when you have so much to offer to real OS Development.

earlz · Post by **earlz** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:53 pm

I actually meant a webOS as an OS that basically only needs a very small harddrive, and will download the actual OS dynamically when needed, and all settings and such are saved to a profile type thing, making the Os possible to use on any PC and such

Crazed123 · Post by **Crazed123** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:27 pm

Alboin wrote:Didn't you leave before? Like, three times? How is this different? How do we know that this time your really leaving?

Tot ziens!

If there's no body, it's just Comic Book Death.

AndrewAPrice · Post by **AndrewAPrice** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:19 pm

hckr83 wrote:btw right now, I don't think that a web OS would be feasible, our internet is not yet fast enough(especially my dialup!lol).

You poor thing.. I remember those dial-up days.. Downloading 20MB use to be an overnight job!

Brynet-Inc · Post by **Brynet-Inc** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 5:54 pm

MessiahAndrw wrote:You poor thing.. I remember those dial-up days.. Downloading 20MB use to be an overnight job!

I shall continue to gloat my 1900kB/ps download speeds.. dailup users get around 5kB/ps right?

pcmattman · Post by **pcmattman** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:28 pm

I'm sure Dex has left before. I thought he was gone and then the other day he started replying to posts...

All I have is a wimpy 56 KB/s (512kbs internet). I want cable, but I need to find an unlimited plan that costs less than $100 (all I have to do is wait 5 or 6 years

).

I remember trying to download 20 MB on dialup. I used a download manager and did it in an hour. Now 20 MB takes 4 minutes (and that seems like forever).

I just wish Australia would hurry up and catch up with the rest of the world in internet speeds.

I also wish I could find a Gigabit ethernet card.

Now that I have finished my wish-list...

(I am extremely tired).

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:28 pm

I think you all have some serious misconceptions about the meaning of term WebOS... i do not see how Current Internet Speeds could effect a WebOS if you were to use it in the context of its meaning and to not just make up meaning based upon its name.