Hi!
Am 20.05.2006 um 18:33 schrieb Nicolas Roard:
On 5/19/06, Günther Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi!
Am 17.05.2006 um 02:39 schrieb Quentin Mathé:
> Feedback welcome :-)
Please don't call Etoile a 'virtual microkernel'. Etoile neither has
a kernel, nor does it provide any functionality that makes it an
operating system. It doesn't do scheduling, it doesn't handle virtual
memory support etc etc. The only thing that *may* in the future be
implemented in Etoile and that in fact is a part of an operating
system, too, is a virtual filesystem. GNOME and KDE both provide you
with these things, and they can hardly be called an operating
system. ;-) Don't set your aims too high!
Well, additionally to the virtual filesystem, there's the whole
notification/name service thing too... But anyway, that's why Quentin
choose "virtual microkernel" and not microkernel :-)
Virtual because indeed it is not an operating system dealing with
memory allocation and scheduling; but it provides the same kind of
services you'd expect from a microkernel..
Anyway that's how I understand it. Interesting concept imho.
What about calling it a 'interprocess communication middleware' or
'distributed computing middleware'? CORBA does Notifications and Name
Services (and much more), too. And remember it's part of GNOME (at
least for current releases AFAIK).
The problem I got with the 'operating system' name is that it leads
to confusion about the services it is going to provide.
-Günther
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