On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM, pmarin<[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I have wondered this, too. I think it would be especially hard for Plan 9 to benefit given the way it handles controlling devices. > > 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 >> >> > >
