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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
