I'm not sure how many of you have heard about this, but some time ago Google starting developing an operating system. I don't know too much about this new system, but here is an alleged screenshot of the system in action.

[img]http://betainfo.org/img/Skrin/gooos/goos1.jpg[/img]

yeah i knew this

Google is a sex machine

Mail, a messenger program, and an OS...wow  :o

What will they think of next?™

It looks like windows, except with a skin on it.

Is this for real? I'm having doubts.

Any features that makes it stand apart from the other OSes?

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Any features that makes it stand apart from the other OSes?
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It lets you create filenames with up to 65535 characters, unlike Microsoft's limit of 255, which makes it superior.

Is there anything official from Google?

no

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[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=13032.msg131026#msg131026 date=1129328402]
Any features that makes it stand apart from the other OSes?
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It lets you create filenames with up to 65535 characters, unlike Microsoft's limit of 255, which makes it superior.
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Link?

Wouldn't that depend on the file system?

EDIT -- This is an alleged screenshot as well.

Wow those screen shots look WAY WAY different. The first one looks REALLY REALLY cheezy and Newby's is questionable but more real I suppose.

You'd think there would be like...another step from "email -> OS".  Like..."browser" maybe.

I think I heard from somewhere they had plans for a browser. But I could have been mistaken.

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You'd think there would be like...another step from "email -> OS".  Like..."browser" maybe.
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Well an OS is like combining all those steps into one, they may create a browser in the OS like Microsoft did.

And look how their OS turned out..

It turned out to serve many of the worlds inhabitants, businesses, and governments. It revolutionized the computing industry and constantly sets the bar for others to follow. It made everyday computing simple for the masses and thus made our race more productive, more efficient giving us more free time to do non-work things thus increasing the flow of cash into entertainment businesses such as movie theaters and golf courses. These places, of course, then sell more snacks/drinks, T-shirts, etc. increasing the supply for those items too. Which, of course, increases the supply for the ingredients.

Windows is good for the economy.

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It revolutionized the computing industry and constantly sets the bar for others to follow.
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hahaha

I smell ripped source here.....(sarcasm)

[quote author=hismajesty[yL] link=topic=13032.msg131095#msg131095 date=1129398141]It turned out to serve many of the worlds inhabitants, businesses, and governments. It revolutionized the computing industry and constantly sets the bar for others to follow. It made everyday computing simple for the masses and thus made our race more productive, more efficient giving us more free time to do non-work things thus increasing the flow of cash into entertainment businesses such as movie theaters and golf courses. These places, of course, then sell more snacks/drinks, T-shirts, etc. increasing the supply for those items too. Which, of course, increases the supply for the ingredients.

Windows is good for the economy.[/quote]

It's definitely good for all those who make their living helping people work around its deficiencies.  As for innovations...  How about a real window manager, with full support for virtual/paned desktops, a configurable focus policy, customizable menus for all mouse clicks, definable window decorations, and user-defined keybindings?

These innovations aren't particularly new.  They're present in the more minor window managers as far back as 6 years ago.  The full scale DEs are even more featureful, as nslay loves to point out. ;)

I wasn't referring to simply XP, Windows has been around for much longer than 6 years. The main reason I'm pro-Windows it for the ease of use. I consider myself to have an, at least, semi-advanced knowledge of computers and I can survive on Linux and such. However, many people can't, and I don't see much change of other operating systems to help them (granted, window managers like KDE ease the transisition, and some distros are built for beginners.) But, overall, Windows takes the cake. Stuff works, for the most part, when it needs to - with the occasional freeze or whatnot. Sure, that can be bothersome, but in exchange for how it has propelled International business it's a small price to pay.

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[quote author=Falcon[anti-yL] link=topic=13032.msg131026#msg131026 date=1129328402]
Any features that makes it stand apart from the other OSes?
[/quote]

It lets you create filenames with up to 65535 characters, unlike Microsoft's limit of 255, which makes it superior.
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Link?

Wouldn't that depend on the file system?

EDIT -- This is an alleged screenshot as well.
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I didn't notice this before, but if you zoom in once or twice into that image (the one Newby posted), the top right corner is labeled as BeOS.

Also, the fourth icon on the right at the top is "BeOS 5 System"