Why call it an OS? Isn XIOS just another application development framework?
What we wanted to do was to improve the layers of an OS that sits on top of the lowest core. The part of an OS where the most end user value is achieved. Today, traditional operating systems are becoming increasingly commoditized. We wanted to contribute to that trend by also moving the programming APIs to the Internet cloud. We envisioned zero-installation and chose to use the browser as the UI rendering engine. XIOS consists of many of the parts that make up a traditional desktop OS. We decided to put our R&D resources on the parts of an OS that really matters the most to its users. This includes multiple application instance handling, process handling, file system, version control, collaboration and programming APIs for easy and uniform application development. A traditional framework is mainly focused on making development of a single application easier. XIOS’s integrated IDE provides never-seen-before rapid development and deployment. However, Xcerion’s XIOS platform offers more t
