Re: [jos-general] new to jos

[Gilbert C. H. II <gc...@mi...>]

At 12:01 PM 8/25/01 -0700, Iain Shigeoka <iai...@ya...> wrote:
>When I joined, the entire purpose of JOS was 
>to create a jos within a relatively short period of time.

It has never happened; it isn't going to happen. Nobody can create an
operating system from scratch in a "short period of time". I think it is a
little naive. Let's take a fresh look at this realistically.

The speed in which the operating system is developed is hardly important.
What is important is the high quality of its design, the high quality of
its interfaces, the high quality of its implementation. Difficult issues
must be solved. While the inspiration for an operating system is easy, its
construction is difficult.