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: 103376,8623fab5750cd6aa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!d9c68f36!not-for-mail Message-ID: <40CF7104.4010104@noplace.com> From: Marin David Condic User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (OEM-HPQ-PRS1C03) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Improving Ada's image - Was: 7E7 Flight Controls Electronics References: <40b9c99e$0$268$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.dk> <40ba315a$0$254$edfadb0f@dread16.news.tele.dk> <04udnR-eHNChzSbdRVn-vw@gbronline.com> <7J0xc.7371$8k4.269106@news20.bellglobal.com> <1086630278.542788@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <8xlxc.27603$sS2.845496@news20.bellglobal.com> <1086715817.122983@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1086733411.736049@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3Auxc.11998$XY6.1296622@read2.cgocable.net> <40C85035.4020706@noplace.com> <40C9EC3B.60304@noplace.com> <40CD90A4.8030005@noplace.com> <40CEDCB5.9000509@noplace.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 21:59:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.165.4.188 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net 1087336750 209.165.4.188 (Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:59:10 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:59:10 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1535 Date: 2004-06-15T21:59:10+00:00 List-Id: A trick would be to be sure to scope the thing down to something achievable yet still useful. Start with something that might already exist - like MaRTE or RTEMS. Get it working on some common platform and get a project whos aim might be low enough that it can be achieved in spare time work by those who might be able to make use of it. But it needs a certain amount of common vision and an objective to aim for. I'm not an OS designer by trade, but I know enough about it that I can tell someone needs to have some notion of where the thing is going or it will just meander or stagnate. It might help if someone has some kind of "Theoretical OS Book" that covered something other than an inside look at Unix or Windows - something that said "One day, an OS could be built that would look like this and offer these advantages over existing systems...." If that theoretical groundwork were done, it might make the basis for some hobyist project implementing the thing in stages. MDC Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > > Yep, but you need bodies of people willing to help. One or > a few individuals can put together an operating system, but > unless many people contribute towards hardward drivers, the > project is not likely to gain general acceptance (at least > on Intel). But even this, is an untested theory, in the > Ada OS arena so far. ;-) -- ====================================================================== Marin David Condic I work for: http://www.belcan.com/ My project is: http://www.jsf.mil/NSFrames.htm Send Replies To: m o d c @ a m o g c n i c . r "Face it ladies, its not the dress that makes you look fat. Its the FAT that makes you look fat." -- Al Bundy ======================================================================