From: Alfred Hilscher <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de>
Subject: Re: Project: FreeOS
Date: 2000/01/14
Date: 2000-01-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <387F0B20.2FC5F945@icn.siemens.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 85j75o$ofk$1@news08.btx.dtag.de
I think the spread of an (popular) OS is wider than that of any
application (maybe except of Quake or Flight simulator). And this would
show to the common, the use (and usability) of Ada for great projects.
Ok, there maybe other large projects done in Ada, but most of them have
a great disadvantage - they are secret.
Juergen Pfeifer wrote:
>
> I don't believe that writing an OS will push Ada. Ok, an OS is a fascinating
> piece of software, but on the other hand it is nothing more than a necessary
> evil. An OS in itself has no value, it is just there to serve applications.
>
> I believe a good way to attract attention for Ada is to write a popular
> application or service in Ada. For example there are some projects on the
> way to put together a comprehensive game package infrastructure. Games can
> be much more complex and sophisiticated than an OS. And Ada is an excellent
> choice for that.
>
> J�rgen
>
> "Alfred Hilscher" <Alfred.Hilscher@icn.siemens.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:<387C8CB3.1276637F@icn.siemens.de>...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > yesterdy - while surfing - I found an interessting link:
> > http://www.quasarbbs.com/daniel/freeosidx.html There are some people how
> > want write a free OS/2 clone. They decided to use C (what else :-( ).
> > But as the project is still in a very early phase, I think about whether
> > we should participate and try to revise the decision to use Ada instead.
> > This could be a chance to push Ada. What do you think about ?
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Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-01-12 0:00 Project: FreeOS Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-12 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-01-12 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Juergen Pfeifer
2000-01-13 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-15 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Terry Sikes
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-13 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Ted Dennison
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher [this message]
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-18 0:00 ` David Starner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Tarjei T. Jensen
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Mario Klebsch
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-20 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
2000-01-22 0:00 ` Chris Morgan
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Alfred Hilscher
2000-01-14 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
2000-01-16 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-01-15 0:00 ` Michael Garrett
[not found] ` <vhi3drwe773.fsf@grotte.ifi.uio.no>
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Bill Greene
2000-01-17 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
2000-01-18 0:00 ` Aidan Skinner
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
2000-01-19 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
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