On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 21:09 +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > 1. Why do we need *another* POSIX OS? What real value can it > provide? > > Because rewriting the 300 something GNU projects is not realistic.
This is an argument for a compatibility layer. Perhaps for more than one. It is not an argument for recreating POSIX as a core system. > > 2. Shouldn't we be looking forward rather than backward? > > POSIX is old strong horse, no reason to shoot her. POSIX is a doddering mare, well past due for the glue factory. shap _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
