After several months, we're very proud to finally bring you the result of the OSNews Alternative OS Contest. It took us a while to publish them all, but we are done now. Read on for the results. 
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Member since:2006-06-10
LoseThos is for home computers. Security is not an issue. Everybody on this site obsesses on security. LoseThos is for programmers. Security means lack of freedom as a programmer. In losethos, you have kernel priviledge at all times, so you can turn-off interrupts or do other protected instructions. Needless to say, most people on this site find it an affront.
Member since:2006-05-09
I do not understand your point of view.
I am a programmer and I like to program for the PEOPLE or for other programmers which will program for the PEOPLE.
Programmers doing programs just for programmers does not make sense.
If your Operating System is oriented for programmers... the people which program for your operating system, what orientation must have?
Member since:2005-07-26
Needless to say, most people on this site find it an affront.
I think you might be placing your own point of view on my thoughts. What bothers me is the constant spamming of your site/OS. While I am honestly impressed with what you seem to have done (I am not a programmer, so these skills are something I do not posess), I am personally very annoyed at your actions of spamming, arguing and insinuating insults at other members here. A look at your past posts shows this is a habit of yours.
Perhaps you ought to consider this as another possible (and more likely) reason to the poor response you seem to get.
Member since:2005-11-22
Off topic tho.. i wonder what is your aim/goal for your own OS. what advantage does your OS provide to programmers better than (Free/MS)DOS? I am wondering because there's no information on your website whatsoever. BTW, I think it doesn't look good that you are complaining here that your article has not been published. If you can publish your article somewhere, maybe on your losethos website, I will definitly have a look.
Back to the topic, I've read GEOS article very interestingly too. I was really interested in Ensemble long long time ago when I was using DOS on XT. But I had no chance to play with it. Anyway, congratulations, Kroc! 
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2005-04-01
Who is the crowd for LoseThos? What type of user are you aiming for? I know it's a hobby OS of yours, and appears to do what you want it to, so I applaud you for that.
But honestly, this is a direct quote from your website: "I love my operating system the way it is and don't give a crap what you think."
Who are the people using this operating system besides you? If people are providing you feedback and you're simply not interested, why would anyone want to use this OS? Operating Systems THRIVE on feedback. This is why Linux and FreeBSD are growing.