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Article #2601FSF work on a GNU OS
From: mib
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 22:15
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 22:15
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The Free Software Foundation is beginning work on a GNU operating system built on top of the Mach 3.0 microkernel. There are three goals to this project worth noting: o Binary compatability with 4.4 BSD, and other U*x or U*xish systems on other hardware where appropriate, convenient, and consistent with the design; o Posix compliance (in combination with the GNU C Library and the GNU C Compiler); and o Ease of use as well as several new features and functionality. I am interested in constructive criticism on the interfaces, design, and implementation from experts in the field of OS research and design consistent with the above goals. Advice from seasoned U*x hackers is especially welcome. We have a mailing list for discussion. Currently there is little discussion on the group; the major contributors to the ideas behind the design all live in the Boston area at this point, and work has been done via face-to-face communication. I would like to open the field of discussion to a broader base, both to get wider dissemination of the ideas behind the current design, as well as to get a greater breadth of criticism. Periodic postings are currently made to the mailing list containing a snapshot of the interfaces used by the various pieces of the system. I would like to see discussion as well; perhaps we need a critical mass to get this. Interested individuals should send me email. I don't regularly read the newsgroups to which this message is posted. [U*x is an abbreviation for a well-known trademark of AT&T. :-)] -mib
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fba7b,537aebc249963224,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfba7b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-06 15:15:22 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unreplyable!garbage From: mib@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: gnu.announce Subject: FSF work on a GNU OS Message-ID: <9105062215.AA03582@rice-chex> Date: 6 May 91 22:15:22 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: mib@prep.ai.mit.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 37 Approved: info-gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu