Subj : Re: OS Programmers
To   : comp.os.linux
From : @STOPSPAMNOW.commercialventvac .com
Date : Tue Aug 17 2004 04:34 pm

Wolfbyte wrote:

> Are there any C/C++/Assembler programmers here ?
> Because i'm looking for programmers who are interested
> in writing a new OS. I don't have a name for it yet.
> So if there are any suggestions for a name give it a shot

I'm a C and assembler programmer.

Let me give you some advice.  Unless you have a pretty good idea about 
how to make an OS that is better than Linux, don't bother.  To be sure, 
linux has some faults (compatibility with the NTFS file system leaps to 
mind), but those can be fixed.   Work on Linux, instead.  Unless you 
have an idea for an OS that is significantly better - in which case we'd 
like to know what your idea is and why it is significantly better.

How will your OS be better than linux?  Will it run on platforms Linux 
doesn't run on (seems unlikely)?  Will it be more efficient (efficiency 
is the measure of how much RAM and CPU cycles are consumed by the OS to 
support running the applications).  Will it be easier to install?  Look 
at Hurd.  Hurd's been around for a while, and nobody uses it.

Remember that it isn't enough to build an OS; you also have to find 
applications to run under it.  Probably the easiest way to do that is to 
ensure that your OS is POSIX compliant.  But that isn't very 
challenging: Windows/NT is POSIX compliant.

Sorry to rain on your parade - I just think you are wasting time.


Jeff

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