Xcerion Internet OS/3 (XIOS/3) Beta Demo

The world's next free operating system! Demo of new revolutionary collaborative Internet operating system that is delivered as a free service over Internet, capable of synchronizing data between different clients and building real applications in a web browser that works on- and offline. Using XIOS/3 applications can be built in XML in weeks instead of years compared to traditional desktop technologies. Limited beta program started on 30th September 2007. Cool marketplace for finding and publishing applications will follow as well as many applications. See http://xcerion.com for more information and signing up for a beta account. Software should be free.

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Entertainment

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• Xcerion
• Internet
• OS
• CloudOS
• AJAX
• Beta
• WebOS
• WebTop
• XML
• RIA
• Development
• Software
• Collaboration
• Demo
• XIOS
• Free

[Kn0wnIssues]

I think is a very exciting platform (I'm afraid I can't call it an OS, even if that is just semantics). However, I'm confused about one thing -- how will you make money? I'm going to have my application, running for free, on your cloud, being used by users of your OS, who will use it for free? I know you can't be using the 90's Internet business model.

[Xcerion]

Good question, icloud is a freemium service, paid by advertisments and paid premium accounts (extra storage, no advertisement etc). Developers of applications will later have a market place to be able to also offer their applications either with advertisement or with paid subscriptions similar to the Itunes store.

[someman7]

You insist calling it "operating system" for marketing reasons, right?

[Xcerion]

No, mainly because it is about 70% of a traditional OS. We have of course not reinvented the wheel with the kernal, low level hardware drivers etc, since there are a couple of very good operating systems out there already, some for free. What we have done is to innovate on the parts that give the user more benefits and not is found in current operating systems.

For example "Share Window", native collaboration, indexing with fast search etc.

[isivisi]

I do not trust it on internet explorer. so you better put it on firefox so i get no crap on my computer when i enter it.

but its a cool thing.

[Xcerion]

Firefox will be available two months from now. icloud does not use any active X or install anything on your computer, so you will be safe even using Internet Explorer :-)

[lyndonsilva]

Nice work. keep it up. mean time come for social media marketing for esteembpo**com

[someman7]

are you saying it's an actual OS, provided as a service online? if so scratch that last thing of mine, and kudos.

[Xcerion]

Only two months to go until Firefox is there :-)

[Xcerion]

Now it is only 2 months left before Firefox is available!

[Xcerion]

That is correct, we had a bug a few months ago. Now there also is a password change function on the login screen.