From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-24 09:57:49 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!east1.newsfeed.sprint-canada.net!news.storm.ca!nnrp1.tor.metronet.ca!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B868695.7030605@home.com> From: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.2) Gecko/20010726 Netscape6/6.1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: O/S Research is Dead? (was Progress on AdaOS) References: <9IFe7.12813$6R6.1221214@news1.cableinet.net> <9lghqu$ac6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7C3293.76F49097@home.com> <9lhefg$lgd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B7D47F1.25D6FC78@boeing.com> <5ee5b646.0108171856.18631c4c@posting.google.com> <3B7F624B.7294D24F@acm.org> <9lr6je$5hj$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9ltoi7$4is$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B82789B.8D195045@home.com> <9ltuo8$70n$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9m0d08$51j$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83DE1A.7770DC9C@home.com> <9m0rc6$ak0$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B83F894.D7082F9A@home.com> <9m12li$db7$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9m1u2m$baq2@news.cis.okstate.edu> <9m3ifu$bri$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9m494u$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> <3B867FE4.F4C7A687@lmtas.lmco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:53:43 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 198.96.47.195 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:53:43 MDT Organization: MetroNet Communications Group Inc. Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12386 Date: 2001-08-24T16:53:43+00:00 List-Id: Gary Scott wrote: > Hi, > One of my concerns with any new open-source OS is that the vast majority > of those working on such an OS would very likely have very limited > exposure to a variety of systems (we don't need another unix clone). > Key to making an OS that I would be inclined to use would be a thorough > study/evaluation of past and present OS' such as VMS, VOS, VM, MVS, > RTOS, etc. (showing my own limited exposure) and integrating that > information into a consistent specification up front. Simply going off > half cocked and reinventing the wheel isn't usually the best > approach...learn from history. > > There have been a plethora of good multi and single user OS' in the past > that should be well understood for their advantages and disadvantages > before proceeding. I just got finished reading an interesting article in comp.os.research. They pointed to an interesting paper, which is worth a read : http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/rob/utah2000.ps It's title is "Software Research is Irrelevant", and it paints a pessimistic view of why there is no new Operating System research, and paints a similar picture of computer languages. While there seems to be a bit of a Microsoft bias, I think a lot of points were well made. -- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG http://members.home.net/ve3wwg