On 27-Oct-99 Hary Walsh wrote:
>>>>>> "Miles" == Miles <kcolfer at iol.ie> writes:
>> Miles> Take a look at www.desktop.com. It seems to be a fairly OK
> Miles> shot at a web-based GUI/desktop. Unfortunately, you won't
> Miles> be able to use it from linux (yet), but take a look at the
> Miles> tour anyway.
>>www.opendesk.com is a similiar affair built from free software etc...
This kind of stuff is pretty much what part of sun's starportal appears
like its going to be. Noone really seems to be sure just what a starportal
is going to be, but I suspect that this isn't too far off the mark. I
dunno myself if its such a great idea, but I've been wrong before (insert
bad memory of thinking that mosaic was pretty cute, but nowhere near the
usefulness of ftp and gopher, cringe).
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