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Re: The future of Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Brown)
Fri Aug 25 21:51:13 1995
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 15:18:21 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <199508251620.JAA26688@eshop.com> from "Michael Lorton" at Aug 25, 95 09:20:31 am
From: phil@bolthole.com (Philip Brown)
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>
> Things We Could Do With Java, Other Than HotJava
>
> 1. Java-based operating system. The two tasks that have to be done by
> an OS are security and time-sharing (Other common tasks, like file
> service and networks, can be done by process outside the OS. See
> Minix.) Both of these can be done *in the language* by Java; the OS
> could be a nanokernal and a large set of cooperating, but
> unprivileged, processes.
Why do this? This seems like a "fun project".. but I don't think there
would be any GAIN to this.
BTW: If you want a fully object-oriented OS for sparc, buy "Spring"
from sunexpress. $100 or thereabouts.
It's the experimental completely object-oriented system from Sun.
[kernel is a buncha objects, with methodology different from the
standard unix paradigm]
Not only is it useful to play with, but it comes with Solaris
compatibility. So you can actually do useful things on it!! :-)
[disclaimer: I have not used it myself yet]
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