Google Brings AmigaOS to Chrome Via Native Client Emulation 157
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from the time-machine-always-comes-last dept.
from the time-machine-always-comes-last dept.
First time accepted submitter LibbyMC writes "Google's approach to bringing older C software to the browser is demonstrated in bringing the '80s-era AmigaOS to Chrome. 'The Native Client technology runs software written to run on a particular processor at close to the speeds that native software runs. The approach gives software more direct access to a computer's hardware , but it also adds security restrictions to prevent people from downloading malware from the Web that would take advantage of that power.'" Chrome users can go straight to the demo.
Re:Give me a damn web browser (Score:5, Interesting)
This is Google demonstrating that their platform for abstracting a client's hardware is robust and performant. I suspect that Amiga emulation is just because it's cool.
Having this layer of abstraction protects Google from the machinations of software vendors who might want a piece of their action.