OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out

Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by radley on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:41PM (#17139107)

You're overlooking Chrome OS (with open source equivalent Chromium OS). While it might not be ready for pro-level production, it certainly is a revolutionary lightweight OS that's gaining more and more traction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_OS

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by _bxg1 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @06:46PM (#17139149)

I'm well aware of Chrome OS. It's great for casual use, but to my knowledge it's really not a reasonable development platform. Generally speaking, developers want/need:

- A fully-accessible file system

- A bash command line

- Tool support. Repositories, code runtimes, compilers, IDE's, etc.

I know there are some all-in-one web-based IDE's that you can work in, which are interesting, but I've yet to see one that could act as a full replacement for professional, native tools. And most of those don't support anything other than web development.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by orangecat on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:40PM (#17139898)

This should help: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/8/17318340/ch...

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by exelius on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:12PM (#17139317)

With all the new IAC stuff coming out, expect big companies to move the web IDE route over the next 10 years. Even if it’s less functional, they will push it out. I have several clients really interested in it; not least because in combination with a serverless architecture, it makes end-to-end security really easy.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by _bxg1 on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @07:35PM (#17139464)

It's imaginable, especially with WebAssembly on the horizon, but I still don't see non-web developers ever being able to use a web IDE without making sacrifices.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by pjmlp on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:51AM (#17141935)

Sadly I can see it coming, as replacement for Citrix VMs.

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Re:OS X is as old as the classic Mac OS was when it came out by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @08:30PM (#17139830)

It's a web kiosk, not a desktop OS.

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