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In article <4277pi$d5e@hydra.acs.ttu.edu>,
 kesinger@math.ttu.edu (Jake Kesinger) writes:
[...]
> Haven't been here very long, have you?  Seriously, I've come to the conclusion
> that *all* operating systems suck; some people just can't see that Their
> Favorite OS does as well (BTW, I've used Dos,Win,Win95,WinNT,Os/2 2.1,
> Ultrix, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD.  They all suck.  Granted, some suck more
> than others...)

Well said -- that's my opinion too. I think it's about time
someone started a new operating system from scratch, with no
regard for trying to stay compatible with anything else.
Backwards compatibility can always be done with emulation
anyway.

Also, there is a definite demand for significantly different
OS features for different uses. For example, the Amiga tends
to be much more responsive to the user when under high load
than Unix is, due to its fixed-priority multitasking. However,
in a multi-user environment, Unix's dynamic priorities are
clearly better. Many issues such as this could be made options
within the OS, but they have to be considered at the design
stage, rather than bolted on afterwards.

If anyone is working on such an OS, I'd be delighted to
know about it (GNU Hurd perhaps?).

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