Magic Cap from General Magic. What a lovely, odd little operating system.
I read an article saying there was an effort to get it open sourced after General Magic folded, but unfortunately all their IP fell into the Sarlacc-like maw of Intellectual Ventures.
While we’re on the topic of failed, over-ambitious mobile OS’s, Newton OS would be great too.
MyScript Nebo [0] on an iPad with an Apple Pencil is astonishingly good. I have a Newton and Nebo beats it hands down. (With almost infinitely more processing power and 20 years one should hope so, but it’s not always the case.)
I read an article saying there was an effort to get it open sourced after General Magic folded, but unfortunately all their IP fell into the Sarlacc-like maw of Intellectual Ventures.
While we’re on the topic of failed, over-ambitious mobile OS’s, Newton OS would be great too.