[unios] Re: UniOS Definition & Direction

[Pieter Dumon]

From: Pieter Dumon <Pieter.Dumon@rug.ac.be>

> 
> From: Anders Petersson <anders.petersson@mbox320.swipnet.se>
> 
> At 1999-01-07 , you wrote:
> >From: Pat Wendorf <beholder@ican.net>
> >
> >A singular first release with the absolute basics to get things rolling,
> and then people
> >can do what they want with the system.  This includes any outside project
> customizations,
> >and distributions.
> 
> This lays far ahead in time.

YES INDEED.
 
> >> It will have to be broken down into specific catagories of
> >> standardization. It would be best to start at the programing
> >> level [APIs] and work our way down.
> >
> >I was thinking to start on the object format first, then move on to the
> hardware abstract
> >objects/drivers.  If we vote on the necessity of a kernel, then we will
> work out the
> >kernel API, otherwise we determine which functions go into the system
> abstract.
> 
> NO VOTE! If we reason about it, we will discover if it's needed or not.
> These are technical issues, not beliefs.

But these technical issuse have already been sorted out at universities
all over the world, research labs etc... 
::Ten years ago.

 
> >> > If anyone disagrees with these concepts, speak up.
> 
> I disagree with 1) your eagerness for votes, and 2) your haste.
> 
> >> Maybe the project should be divided into a cooperating 'Standards Research
> >> Group'
> >> and an 'Implemention Reasearch Group'. What do you think?
> >
> >Until the standards group is done, the implementation group would not be
> able to do
> >anything, so I'd rather if all members worked on the same ideas at the
> same time.  That
> >way we can all participate.
> I agree with Pat. The standards are needed for implementation - they cannot
> "cooperate" in their respective development. 
> binEng
> 


Me too.

Pieter

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