Linked by Emmanuel Marty on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 07:36 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes As a programmer and manager of embedded software products for a living, I think that operating system programming is so much fun that it will eventually be outlawed. I've previously published two articles on OSNews, So, you want to write an operating system and Climbing the kernel mountain, and tried to summarize my experience in designing operating system kernels as well as technical traps that can be easily avoided.
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why bother trying to stop them?
by hobgoblin on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:16 UTC

if they feel like wasteing their time then let them. as long as it does not harm you then just let them go their own way. maybe they will come up with something, maybe not, but there should never be anyone other then yourself that tells you what you do with your own time. that is the essence of freedom.

why should we care what os people use these days? or hardware platform forthat matter? with the net and good standards one can create files one place and read them everywhere else. this is why stuff like xml was created. a human readable filetype that can be used to create anything, includeing vector graphic files (svg).

the main point is freedom, freedom to choose whatever os or program that you want to use to do the job that you set out to do. this may make marketing people in every it company on the planet get gray hair but i dont care. freedom is the essence of a free market, freedom for both the seller and the buyer...