Subj : Re: OS Programmers
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Wolfbyte
Date : Tue Aug 17 2004 08:11 pm

So what are you saying ? Are you saying I could better
try to make a good linux distro unless I know what I am doing ?

@STOPSPAMNOW.commercialventvac .com > wrote:

> 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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