[Info-vax] HP open sources the Palm operating system (WebOS)

[John Wallace]

On Dec 13, 1:33 pm, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 10-12-2011 14:54, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>
> > Then VMS would be a toy like the platform it runs on.
>
> That's a very good point.  Though, the idea of having VMS in my
> hands, would be amazing.  But, without a decent LK-type keyboard,
> the experience would dwindle rapidly.  Also if they cut out many
> DCL commands, a bit like they did with Android (with substitutes
> like "BusyBox" instead).
>
> > I've tried many of the tablet offerings (iPad and the various Android based
> > ones).  Save for browsing (which leaves MUCH to be desired), what use are
> > they?  The touch-screen keyboards are a bitch to type on and any accidental
> > touch upon the screen sends the pointer off to where'er it's not intended.
>
> Same here, I'm equally unimpressed with tablets and the whole hype
> surrounding them.  I've also used both iOS and Android based ones,
> the one I currently have is an Android one, by ASUS.
>
> For all the faults of the iPad and iOS, I do really miss the program
> "iSSH" a lot!  It included a very capable X server and it was able to
> run DECwindows with unpatched VMS V8.4 over SSH.  A very nice touch,
> if I may say so.  I even have a video on my website at DR (hosted at
> YouTube) demonstrating this.
>
> I haven't heard of any X servers for Android so far.
>
>   - MG

Searching for "Android X server" seems to lead to AndroiX at
androix.org which is barely responsive at the moment, and if you do
wait long enough there isn't any significant content anyway.

However, digging a little further finds androix source on github, with
activity this year.

Might be an interesting project on a box with a decent size display?