In a message dated: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 14:40:25 EST
rabnud said:
>I only ask (and want to see) that this OS can be ready to educate them,
>if anyone in the community is willing to help.
>I can''t (yet) write this, and I would if I could; it needs a majority
>vote and a collaborative effort to proceed from here on. Without further
>prompting, I''m presently dropping the concept right here. I''ll be
>watching, but no longer promoting it, since everyone goes wacky over how
>I am such a slacker for not buying books.
Well, I disagree with your general impression of this thread,
however, I'd like to point out that most free software was created by
someone scratching their own itch. They had a need for something,
they solved the problem themselves (you know the old adage, you want
something done right, do it yourself, well they did.)
You may not be capable of writing whatever it is you think you need
now, but you seem to be the only one who understands what is you
want. So I advise you to dig in and start designing this project. At
least write the documentation you think you need, maybe someone will
come along and help you write the program side of things.
You never learn as much about something until you need to teach
someone else about. So start figuring out what you need to learn and
write it all down. Feel free to ask questions of us, we'll answer.
Start the project and see who joins you, is the best advice I can
provide.
>Oh, one more thing... Midnight Commander is open source, no? Can this
>idea start by gutting MC?
I believe it is open source, you might be able to start there.
Good luck,
--
Seeya,
Paul
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God Bless America!
If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right!
...we don't need to be perfect to be the best around,
and we never stop trying to be better.
Tom Clancy, The Bear and The Dragon
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