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From: James Ross <rem.jr@rem.webross.com>
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Subject: Re: Ada Operating System
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 02:00:06 -0600
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>If an OS is going to be built in Ada, its worth taking a look at it from a
>clean slate and doing it in such a way that it exploits the best features of
>Ada.

I.e. doing it the "Ada way".  Not that I disagree,  but I am
re-learning Ada at this point and I don't quite think in Ada yet per
say :) Therefore, I question what specifically is there about Ada that
would make the _design_ of an OS better than one that was written in
say C++? (other than the inherent quality / bugs issues)

> It also has to offer the computing world *something* it doesn't
>otherwise get by using someone else's product or there will be near-zero
>reasons to use it.
>
>MDC

Something's better (or of my pet issues with current OS's):
  - Very easy to use / configure / maintain.  (Windows is getting
there with a way to go yet, Linux is still a plague)
  - More interoperability of applications facilitated by the OS (other
than just _Office_)
  - Install of anything should be a painless 1 or 2 click activity
  - Uninstall should leave nothing behind (nor side effects)
  - Impossible to break by accident, and very difficult to do so on
purpose.
  - Built in, native (very fast) SQL data base like file system 
  - Total separation of Data from Applications.  
  - Built in real-time functionality
  - Very High security 
  - Built in Programming / Debugging Tools
JR