Android on Linux through para-virtualization and KVM (rather than
emulation and QEMU) is also being worked on:
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~cdall/ols2010-paper.pdf

On Nov 11, 8:11 am, Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I thought the Windows 95 "Start" button was pretty innovative too and widely
> > copied (except by Mac OS. Maybe Microsoft has a patent on that one?).
>
> The Applications entry in the dock is quite similar to the pre-Vista
> start menu.  The Vista and 7 start menu is a hybrid between the old
> style and Spotlight (and the search doesn't work for me on a Windows 7
> install).
>
> Windows 3.1's main UI looked remarkably similar to Amiga's Workbench.
> I imagine Workbench was copied from elsewhere, but I don't have any
> experience with older interfaces than that (the Spectrum 48K and
> Commodore 64 didn't really have GUIs).
>
> I wish Windows would copy workspaces/virtual desktops from the other
> OSs.  I know MS have an extension for that but it doesn't work very
> well.

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