Subj : Re: Starting a New OS called iOS
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Bruce Coryell
Date : Mon Aug 16 2004 11:57 am

That's how Linus Torvalds started with Linux - as a school project. 
Just make sure your new OS has some distinct advantage that Linux or 
Hurd does not have - such as, for example, built in clustering 
capability, etc.  If you can come up with something that really rivals 
Windows in terms of MS software and file compatibility, ease of 
installation, and equipment compatibility,  all of these points where 
Linux falls short,  power to you!!

Harry Phillips wrote:

> perlshine wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hello Friends,
>>     I am planning to write a new OS named iOS, which will be primarily
>> for educational purpose. My aim is to make it secure by having a
>> micro-kernel. All the drivers will be kept outside the kernel ring.
>> This OS is intended for i386 platform but should be able to be ported
>> to different architectures. From startup this is my idea. Many of the
>> codes will be shamelessly copied from a GNU GPL licenced OS like linux
>> etc.,
>>
> 
> Good luck with that? Look up "hurd" and see how that's doing. You can 
> even use it as the base of your new OS, I graduate in 2010, maybe you 
> will have something ready by then?
>

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