just how much has been lost to time in the onslaught
of Microsoft and Unix
Lots... What do you think about a UNIX-AOS/VS-VMS-MPE-Guardian hybrid?
I've thought about this, myself. Almost any new OS wants to work like Unix.
What I'd like to see is a community effort to make a new OS that does what
needs to be done without worrying about being compatible with something that
currently exists. Start off with a list of all the good things in different
operating systems, then implement them in a way that works well. Sure, it
may not have a lot of software available, but so what? The fun will be in
developing something that is well-designed, well-implemented, and solid.
for something different. Of course
you'd better like Ada, and it's only in the design stages as far as I can
tell, and the people working on it seem to be wondering where on earth the
person that thought this up has disappeared to.
I think I've run across a couple other such projects, one of the tricks is
finding them that are running on x86 (or any other semi modern hardware), the
other is finding one that isn't trying to be POSIX compliant.
Zane