Star So, You Want to Write an Operating System
Linked by Emmanuel Marty on Mon 5th Aug 2002 05:58 UTC
Editorial I've always been curious about how things work. When I was little, I annoyed my parents with millions of questions. Why is the sky blue? How does water come out of the tap when you open it? Maybe I was born without the mental switch that lets you be happy with using something, without trying to figure out how it works.
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by rajan r on Mon 5th Aug 2002 06:10 UTC

Most people write their own OS to learn. Others as a hobby. Not all OSes are commercially viable, not all OSes are actually good. But they do serve one purpose, education. That means real-life experience of designing the kernel, design this service, that daemon and so on.

In fact, linux was created for educational purposes. Same with AtheOS. I could list a lot down, but really, I think you get the idea.

Not everyone has a new idea. Not all OS in the first place could succeed. Take Be OS for example.