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From: Ivan Levashew <octagram@bluebottle.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada OS based on Minix3
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Ludovic Brenta wrote:

> Ivan and Dmitry, you are discussing the viability of an operating
> system written in Ada but, I think, you are missing the OP's point.
> Cedric does not seem to care whether there is a market opportunity or
> what breakthrough technology he might want to introduce; he wants to
> learn kernel design (from Tanenbaum) and Ada (from various books and
> us). Yes, he would be reinventing the wheel.

I'm not against wheels. I'm against projects with small lorry number.
There are lots of collecting dust.