I wonder if is possible that underground operating systems like Haiku, Aros or Plan9 should share some kind of knowledge database (not only the source code) about drivers implementation and don't try to reinvent the wheel. Haiku seems to do a great job, for example their network drivers are taken from Freebsd, the sound drivers from OSS4, etc.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM, John Floren<[email protected]> wrote: > Why do we have to care about every self-righteous pronouncement from > every minor project out there? Why should we have to put everything > into a "Plan 9 context"? > > If you want to relate Plan 9 to Syllable, look at their forums--it > seems to have the same sort of problems as Plan 9. Lacking in drivers > (a quick look showed that they don't have PCMCIA, WLAN, or PPP > support), new users coming in expecting it to be like other operating > systems (I'm looking at you, Balwinder) or trolls calling it dead, and > in general an apparent lack of people writing programs for it. > Syllable looks to be POSIX-compliant (I think) which is probably how > they have Quake most of the other ported programs. > > John > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Balwinder S > Dheeman<[email protected]> wrote: >> Computer scientists will tell you that their operating systems and tools >> are fine, because they like them to be complex. Companies will tell you >> that their machines or devices are fine, because they like to control >> them by hiding requisite device specifications and, or applications >> notes, even though you own them. Yet, some people remember a few >> machines from decades ago that were different. They got run over in the >> gold rush, but they proved that it is possible to build much more >> helpful machines. And if it was possible then, it is certainly possible >> now, because the hardware that computers are built from has become much >> more powerful. It's the software that is often not working in the >> interest of the owner. In the /Syllable/ project, we are using this >> power to help the owner instead of the scientists and the big companies. >> >> Please comment the above in a Plan 9 context. >> -- >> Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709 >> Anu'z li...@home (Unix Shoppe) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192 >> Chandigarh, UT, 160062, India Plan9, T2, Arch/Debian/FreeBSD/XP >> Home: http://werc.homelinux.net/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/ >> >> > > > > -- > "Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing" -- Rob Pike > >
