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From: "Juergen Pfeifer" <juergen.pfeifer@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: Project: FreeOS
Date: 2000/01/13
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Date: 2000-01-13T00:00:00+00:00
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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
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> 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 ?