[1293] in java-interest
JavaOS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Lorton)
Tue Aug 29 01:02:50 1995
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 19:09:36 -0700
From: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
To: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: Paul Prescod's message of Mon, 28 Aug 1995 09:57:34 -0400 <199508281347.JAA26694@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
As the original perpetrator of this notion, I would like to summarize
the pros and cons as I see them.
PRO
* JavaOS could be a *really good* OS. It could be very portable and
very small.
* Like HotJava, JavaOS would demonstrate the power of Java as well
as disciplining and guiding it, as Unix did C.
* Great Java development environment.
* General coolness.
CON
* Java is unsuited for the job. [I personally disagree with this one.
You should not be doing a lot of bit-twiddling and memory-munging,
even in an OS.]
* It diverts resources from other, more Java-beneficial projects [This
strikes me as a very serious criticism, and I leave it to others to
make the call].
M.
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