[ros-general] why folks

[Richard Campbell]

Want your reasons?  go ask linus why he wrote linux.

Enrico Weigelt wrote:

>* KJK::Hyperion <noog at libero.it> [2004-02-16 22:46:21 +0100]:
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>>At 16.30 15/02/2004, you wrote:
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>>>why are you developing a completely new kernel instead of using an 
>>>existing one like linux or hurd and running reactos just as a subsystem, 
>>>perhaps with some kernel improvements.
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>>because we feel like it. Each of us for different reasons
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>I'd like to hear what reasons that are.
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>>>For example: linux brings very good memory management and filesystem.
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>>(both of which happen to be completely incompatible with those of Windows. 
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>Where are the (conceptional) differences ? 
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>example 1: filesystem
>windows also brings an API for filesystem access. it uses \ instead
>of / as path delimiter, but most of the functions are quite the same.
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>example 2: memory mangement
>on both systems each process has its own memory range (thats just the
>concept of the protected mode) and the application may request more
>memory from the kernel, and those memory areas are layign on some address.
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>win16 had the distinction between "local" and "global" memory - IMHO local 
>memory will be freed when a task dies, global one doesnt. 
>does winnt also have this ?
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>>You picked bad examples. The whole of Linux is a bad example of how 
>>Windows can be implemented)
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>Why bad example ? 
>And why implement _Windows_ and not a good system which allows running
>old windows applications ?
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>>>So what are the advantages of another own kernel against a subsystem in 
>>>another host operating system ?
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>>it makes us 63.2% cooler 
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>ah, no rational reason, just for fun.
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>cu
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