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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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: 2001-08-28 06:48:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!psinet-eu-nl!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Progress on AdaOS Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 09:22:54 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9mg5vi$r16$1@nh.pace.co.uk> 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$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B829450.879B0396@home.com> <9mdhr7$qdo$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9mekkt$pij$1@melchior.enst.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 999004978 27686 136.170.200.133 (28 Aug 2001 13:22:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Aug 2001 13:22:58 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12512 Date: 2001-08-28T13:22:58+00:00 List-Id: Not sure I get the point..... Need more coffee! :-) I don't see why an OS available in source code couldn't be made scalable. You could have some primitive, low level kernel stuff that needn't be huge. Add onto it all the spiffy things like a file system, a GUI system, an API, etc., and with some careful planning, I think you could basically build what you needed. However, it isn't a crime for an OS to get big. The more functionality you force down into an OS the less functionality needs to reside in the apps running on it. Heavy use of graphics and video and all that tends to consume lots of space - if you want it, buy a bigger disk drive. So long as you can easily scale the thing to the needs at hand, let it grow to consume as much space as is available. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Samuel Tardieu" wrote in message news:9mekkt$pij$1@melchior.enst.fr... > > And to quote Chuck Moore, the father of Forth: megabytes OS are not a fatality. > > A brand new OS needs not be a giant one.