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From: "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Ada Operating System
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"David Starner" <dvdeug@x8b4e53cd.dhcp.okstate.edu> wrote in message
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>
> "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
>
I *love* it!


> 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.
>
While it wouldn't be a bad idea to adopt an existing OS as a model for
understanding/implementing concepts, I heartily agree that there is
absolutely no point in duplicating what's already been done. Especially if
it hasn't been done all that well. (I'd put Unix in this category - much of
it looks too organically grown rather than properly engineered.) As any good
parent should strive to do, we should try to make a whole *new* set of
mistakes with our children rather than repeat the same old mistakes of our
own parents. :-)

MDC
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