OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/403/Massive_OS_Distribution_in_5_Easy_Steps_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:49:53 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com funny, except...... http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? E-mail has a 25MB limit built into it, and most ISPs/Webmail providers put a 5MB cap on their systems.

so unless you are distribuiting menuetOS, you are gonna be out od luck. Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments Re: funny, except...... http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Yes, but... ;)

You don't have to put in an email the whole OS, but a trim down version of it, just to give a taste to people of what is like. For example, Athene is only 1.1 MB (a VBS script can change the shell of Windows to use Athene instead of Explorer), Linux with VESA XFree can be made with 3 MB (or create a more feature complete version around the limit of 5 MB), AtheOS can be made bootable with 3.5 MB as well, and then, there is always Qube (700 KB), PicoBSD (1.44), QNX (1.44), SkyOS (1.44), MenuetOS (1 MB), V2-OS (250 kb) etc

Don't get ideas though. This is just a joke. ;) Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments ftp installation http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Just have it do an ftp installation. Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments "That's a JOKE, Son!" http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Uhmmm ... Jeremy? It's not meant to be serious. Kidding, ok? ;) Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? okay! thanks for the idea! be sure to vist me when i'm in jail!

lol.... Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments re: thats a joke, son! http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I know it is. I just have one of those minds that does not find stuff funny unless there is a plausable situation....if not I point out problems with it.

some folks find that irritating....I-WON-DER-WHYYYYYY :-) Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments Re: funny, except...... http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? yeah but some of those OSs are not featurful enough at that size. MinuetOS is the best out of all of em....to bad they have a lack of drivers though :-(

and yes I realize it is a joke and not intended to actualy be done. Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? huh? it was a joke? oops! crap! how do i unsend about 500 e-mails?! argh!

lol! Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Next step is how to get the files to people that use updated versions of Outlook, since it won't let them access executable files (hint: use a zip or rar file, send some instructions) Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:47:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? ... people that use updated versions of Outlook ...

You mean all 3 of them? Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments I suggest http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Make a file with the magical .hta ending. (Nobody knows that .hta can be used for good and evil). Send a html email that somehow activates the included hta or even better ask the reciever to doubleclick on the attachment. Installation complete.

What's a .hta file?
Write '<html><head><title>Hello World</title></head><body>&a mp;lt;h3>Hello World</h3></body></html>' in a textfile and save as 'test.hta' doubleclick file. It can run scripts without restrictions. It's *TADA* a HTML Application. Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments re: i suggest http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Where can I find the syntax of this hta scripting?

it looks interesting and I want to see what can be done with it.

thanks Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? BeIA is about 8mb's isn't it? would need trimming down a bit more. Thu, 13 Dec 2001 02:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments I find it sad... http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? ...that we now must specifically label comments such as that as a joke, or risk a visit from the fbi or secret police. Thu, 13 Dec 2001 04:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments HTML Applications http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? HTML Application syntax is over at Microsoft. Do a search on http://msdn.microsoft.com. It's basically a html-file with VB- or Javascript running with full rights. Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments hta http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? "HTML Application syntax is over at Microsoft. Do a search on
http://msdn.microsoft.com. It's basically a html-file with VB- or
Javascript running with full rights."

Whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad. Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:53:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments re hta http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? >Whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad.

Don't whiz on the electrical fence?

Actually, what are you saying? Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments Hmmm.... http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Does anyone think it can be done with Qnx? Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments