[Unios] unios, a proposed shortcut

[andpe161@student.liu.se]

It seems unclear to me what your agenda is=2E Do you want to convince the=

Freedows guys=2C or do you just send out a general plea for help=3F In no=

place do you mention UniOS - I suspect UniOS is not why you came here=2E

Indeed=2C creating the core of the OS is always an obstacle before more
interesting work can be done=2E Unless some existing codebase is employed=
=2E

However=2E UniOS does not focus on =22run=5Bning=5D any program from any =
other
os on any  machine=22=2E For that=2C existing OSes would du just fine=2C =
for
example Linux=2E Neither do we restrict our ambitions to =22a stable os t=
hat
we don=27t have to pay a lot of money for=22=2C or we would be all over s=
ome
of the existing promising open OSes=2E

No=2C the goals of UniOS and many other projects are much more lofty - to=

actually change the way computing is done and organized=2C to allow the
field of computing to continue moving forward and make computers a
magnitude more usable=2E This goal is not reachable with existing
codebases=2E At most it could simulate such a system=2E

/Anders Petersson


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=C4mne=3A =5BUnios=5D unios=2C a proposed shortcut

=3E =

=3E i have been following the =22development=22 of freedows since late 98=
=2E  =

=3E around the same time i happened across linux=2E  i have now been =

=3E playing around with linux for some 3 years=2E  it=27s a great os=2C j=
ust =

=3E needs more commercial software support=2E  =

=3E =

=3E now=2C freedows seems to have fallen to the wayside=2E  after 5 years=
 =

=3E of development they still don=27t have a working os=2E  while they ma=
y =

=3E someday be able to get a working system together i don=27t believe =

=3E they will ever achieve their goals=2E
=3E =

=3E understand i am not a developer=2C more of an idea guy=2E  it seems t=
o =

=3E me that the main problem with most new os projects is that they =

=3E want to reinvent the kernal instead of building off of another =

=3E project already in place=2E  many of the new os projects have the =

=3E same goal=3A a unified os that will run any program from any other os=
 =

=3E on any  machine=2E  thats a lofty goal! however with the hundreds of =

=3E projects out there it might be possible if everyone works together=2E=
 =

=3E =

=3E =

=3E my idea=3A  the linux kernal is already built to accept modules=2E  i=
t =

=3E will run most unix programs=2E  if a new os were built off of the =

=3E linux kernal it would cut development time in half=2E  it has already=
 =

=3E been ported to most machines currantly in development (i think i =

=3E even remember seeing a port for the amiga!) so here it is=3A  begin =

=3E with the linux kernal (because the work has already been done) and =

=3E begin developing the modules to build in compatibility for other =

=3E oses=2E  the Wine project is handling the windows problem fairly well=
 =

=3E but i recommend implementing wine in a module (they are actually =

=3E working on an instruction set that will allow windows developers to =

=3E easily port ther software to linux)=2E  dos has already been =

=3E implemented in a module=2E  there=27s only a couple of os=27s left=2E=
  if =

=3E everyone will pull together linux could become what you are all =

=3E trying to build in a much shorter time=2E
=3E =

=3E it seems to me that the toughest problem is creating a working=2C =

=3E stable kernal=2E  that kernal is already here=2E  so develope new =

=3E modules for it=2E  if you don=27t like the way the linux kernal does =

=3E things join the kernal development team and propose the changes=2E  =

=3E =

=3E basically we all want the same thing=3A a stable os that we don=27t =

=3E have to pay a lot of money for!  we should all unite under the same =

=3E banner to achieve this=2E  a unified os will never be possible unless=
 =

=3E we all UNITE under the same banner=2E
=3E =

=3E thx for listening=2C
=3E =

=3E mark c=2E west
=3E =

=3E legacytek
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=3E =

=3E Mark C=2E West
=3E LegacyTek
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