OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20911/JNode_0_2_8_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:50:39 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com You know.. http://osnews.com/thread?347112 http://osnews.com/thread?347112 This JNode thing keeps looking more and more interesting to me. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (bryanv) Comments Screenshot link http://osnews.com/thread?347122 http://osnews.com/thread?347122 Screenshot link seems to be incorrect.

http://www.jnode.org/node/132 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (erikharmon) Comments Funny quote. http://osnews.com/thread?347134 http://osnews.com/thread?347134 From http://www.jnode.org/node/51 :

"To make JNode as fast as possible, we'll concentrate on doing things as smart as possible, but still to do it in Java."

:-) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BiPolar) Comments RE: Funny quote. http://osnews.com/thread?347147 http://osnews.com/thread?347147 yup, an obvious Freudian slip there ;) Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments One word http://osnews.com/thread?347186 http://osnews.com/thread?347186 Why? Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (MORB) Comments RE: One word http://osnews.com/thread?347189 http://osnews.com/thread?347189 Fun! Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (CapEnt) Comments the design http://osnews.com/thread?347219 http://osnews.com/thread?347219 So what's the architecture like? It's a microkernel, I got that much. Is it being designed like UNIX? Are they leveraging any of the unique properties of having an OS written in a managed language, such as Singularity is taking advantage of? Hmm, not much on the site that answers these questions.

I suppose I could look at the code ... I assume something BSD-looking awaits. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (alucinor) Comments RE: Funny quote. http://osnews.com/thread?347220 http://osnews.com/thread?347220 a desktop environment in metal sounds even funnier to me Wed, 04 Feb 2009 22:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (b100dian) Comments RE: the design http://osnews.com/thread?347246 http://osnews.com/thread?347246 It is in assembler, I don't think nobody will ever try (again) to write a POSIX compatible OS in assembler, it is Java anyway, not C so I don't think they need posix API anyway, java is crossplateform by design so they should have everything the need (in therm of API) in Java itself. It is not a bad idea after all, Java on Unix and Windows mostly suck, if they can make someting dedicated to run java apps, it -may- run faster a little.

P.S: I hate Java Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments What can I say? http://osnews.com/thread?347276 http://osnews.com/thread?347276 Never liked Java, and the screen shots look ugly. You gotta commend them for their efforts though... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 08:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jal_) Comments Why? http://osnews.com/thread?347286 http://osnews.com/thread?347286 I love Java but why make products that are proof of technology? Why not make good products, forget the underlying tech. I want to use a good product, if its in Java thats nice, but as a end-user dont care. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (marcelkoopman) Comments RE: Why? http://osnews.com/thread?347294 http://osnews.com/thread?347294 why make stuff that is proof of technology? Maybe for educational purposes? maybe to prove its possible? maybe it's fun?

why must people crap all over a project just because it won't be the next Windows/OSX/Linux/etc killer.


high five to the people behind jNode. Job well done. Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:46:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Calipso) Comments RE: Why? http://osnews.com/thread?347337 http://osnews.com/thread?347337
I love Java but why make products that are proof of technology?


Every project starts as a proof of technology... WHY? Because that's the way the things start!

Have you developed 100000 lines of code with no test; have you compiled them and voila, was your product finished?
NO; because everything starts slowly, with a lot of proofs... step by step.

The end-user wants everything working fine and properly, but s/he does not appreciate all the underlying technology behind the scenes... and there is where the magic lies! ;) Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ebasconp) Comments