Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th May 2006 16:29 UTC, submitted by dylansmrjones
The Spoon microkernel has as one of its goals: "A stable and efficient microkernel with clearly defined interfaces which provide all the necessary functions needed to build a modern and complete operating system on top." The project's progress page lists the latest achievements, and there's even a screenshot page.
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2006-03-17
Okay, let's do this.
[Your first post said:]
"If I may be so bold to ask, what is the news here? Streaming was added to an obscure microkernel and a few bugs appeared?"
- So yes, you answered your own question of 'why is this news?'. The answer (as you so eloquently put it) is:
"Streaming was added to an obscure microkernel and a few bugs appeared?"
"inordinate amount of micro versus monolithic debating"
- Question: How many other kernel design paradigms are out there and in operation? I see micro/nano, hybrid, and macro. Just about all the rest are experimental boot-loaders that toy with 'exo-kernel', 'non-kernel', 'VOID architecture', but nothing with a usable implementation that could be objectively debated.
"Your post was considerably longer than my first post"
- Good observation. I can type. I can type a lot.
" there would be hundreds of 'news' reports coming though OSNews everyday"
- I doubt anyone (specifically the moderators) have the time to add 'hundreds' of reports ANY day. Quantity does not equate quality, sorry you didn't seem to think the hard work put into Spoon isn't 'newsworthy', but I'm sure some people here do.
"...things which are not about operating systems on this site, but I don't mind that because at least it's news. "
- So clearly, the 'OS' is not so much of what you're concerned about, rather that 'news' is. Well, I don't know what this site can bring you that CNN can't - if this is your reason for reading here...
"I still don't see the news yet."
- Sometimes small things are news. You're looking for something big. You won't find it (in this article). It may not be Earth-shattering, but some poor, socially-awkward, goofy little nerds like me thought this was interesting.
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Personally, some of the best articles on this site are ones that aren't really 'news'. The many 'how-to' and tutorials are great resources for people who want to learn the details of system admin (as non-exciting as that is). Heart-stopping, adrenaline-pumping action is quite rare in the operating system field.