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=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-13 00:37:31 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: 13 Mar 2002 07:27:48 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C8EAFF7.B6CFF9A6@flash.net> Reply-To: starner@okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e5675.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.3 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21150 Date: 2002-03-13T07:27:48+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 01:45:11 GMT, Gary Scott wrote: > If we want an open source version of an existing operating system, why > in the world pick an abomination like UNIX. At least choose something > half-way decent like VMS or even VM. Because Unix runs most existing open source software. Because Unix is the only ISO standardized OS. Because Unix has been available on what Joe Hacker has used. And remember, Unix is snake oil. "Many Unix fans generously concede that VMS would probably be the hacker's favorite commercial OS if Unix didn't exist; though true, this makes VMS fans furious." -- The Jargon file Seriously, I don't see any reason that would motivate me to clone any existing operating system besides Windows, Macintosh or Unix. Surely, we can do better a second time around, and they don't have the huge software and brain base that would make bug compatibility with them useful. -- David Starner - starner@okstate.edu "It's not a habit; it's cool; I feel alive. If you don't have it you're on the other side." - K's Choice (probably refering to the Internet)