I may regret starting this, but as the subject says, what would you like to see in QDOSMSQ given that we were starting from scratch with the intention of writing a completely new OS?
Disclaimer: No, I'm NOT thinking of writing one! For me, the following: * Ability to hook into the OS from any language, Basic, Assembler, C, whatever. * A windowing system that is simple to use. From any language. * Libraries that applications can link to at run time, as opposed to static linking at compile time. * Multitasking, obviously! * A file system that is not restricted to 36 characters. See http://qdosmsq.dunbar-it.co.uk/blog/2009/05/whats-wrong-with-this-file-system/ for a pseudo-rant on the matter. * Industry standard floating point format. * Industry standard graphics format(s) - PNG, for example. JPG if we must! SVG would be nice. * Speed and efficiency! ;-) Cheers, Norman. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
