By the way, I'm not suggesting a new filesystem implementation would be
'a small tweak' in terms of programming effort, but if it were done it
would be a great improvement with only minimal change to look & feel.
You could even keep the file naming convention (the restricted filename
length never bothered me).
Ian.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pine, Ian
> Sent: 12 March 2002 10:58
> To: ql-users
> Cc: Pine, Ian
> Subject: RE: Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E
>
>
> I learned computing with command line tools and all my development
> career was with them - GUIs didn't exist. Like Tim I would probably
> use a desktop mostly for launching shells.
> However, if people want a desktop then why not if the platform is
> capable? But a desktop is an application, and I see no
> reason to bloat
> the OS with applications; you are just making more
> maintenance effort.
> For those who prefer to be working in the GUI environment all
> the time,
> it could be launched by the boot program, similar to startx in Unix.
>
> Aside from that what I'd really like to see is improvements to the
> filesystem. We need to be able to make full use of the
> larger disks.
> Filesystems bigger than 2Gb (without the waste of space of huge block
> sizes) and more than four partitions. Smaller disks are
> getting harder
> to find. In the shop I normally get computer parts from, even their
> secondhand disks are all 10Gb+.
>
> In my opinion we should be looking at small tweaks to the OS, finding
> opportunities to make it more efficient, adding only enough
> features to
> make it keep up with hardware developments, while keeping it
> compact.
> Larger projects should certainly be developed, but they should be in
> the form of application layers, that can be loaded or not, as
> the user
> chooses.
>
> If it moves too far from the original QL look & feel - more
> Windows-like or more Unix-like and users aren't given the choice of
> which interface style to use, the platform will lose its
> identity, then
> what is there to make us choose it over a PC running one of
> those other
> operating systems? Perhaps we should take a risk and stay defiantly
> different - that might attract some new users who are curious,
> attracted precisely because it IS different. But some of the minor
> irritations need to be tidied up first.
>
> Ian.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: swensont
> > Sent: 12 March 2002 05:36
> > To: ql-users
> > Cc: swensont
> > Subject: Re: [ql-users] The future of SMSQ/E
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I think you misunderstood what I was getting at.
> >
> > 1. I see very few chances of getting new folks to the QL.
> > This is not a
> > bad thing, just reality.
> >
> > 2. I would like to see further development for the QL world.
> > The recent
> > developments for TCP/IP and CD access are prime examples of what
> > development I am talking about. I don't see development to
> > compete with
> > other OS's ("Gee, Linux has Gnome and KDE, let's get
> > something for SMSQ/E"
> > or something like that)
> >
> > 3. Current users will demand more features. The QL world has
> > done this in
> > the past (color drivers) and will do it in the future.
> >
> > 4. I am not proposing we not support the current developer.
> > In fact I
> > propose that we expand the number of people developing SMSQ/E.
> >
> >
> > At work I have to worry about what other people want and need
> > for their
> > computer needs. In some cases, what I use is dictated to me
> > (I use a Win2K
> > system as my desktop machine).
> >
> > QDOS and SMSQ/E are the only system that I have chosen to put
> > a lot of time
> > and effort into, without pay. I gauge the future of SMSQ/E
> > by my personal
> > needs. This may seems selfish, but I've got 16 years
> > invested in this OS
> > and I'm pretty picky about making any major changes and
> > forcibly putting in
> > features that I don't feel I need. I plan to use my QL
> > systems for as long
> > as I can.
> >
> > I look at my QL systems like a nice, well designed tool (such as a
> > hammer). I don't upgrade until I really need to. I won't
> > buy a new hammer
> > until my old one no longer fits my needs. I guess this has
> > been the main
> > reason I've used the QL for so long. I really fits my needs.
> >
> > Tim Swenson
> >
> >
> >
>
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