[1305] in java-interest
Re: JavaOS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Smiljan Grmek - KSI ZGB)
Tue Aug 29 16:54:44 1995
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:47:52 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Smiljan Grmek - KSI ZGB <sgrmek@public.srce.hr>
To: Michael Lorton <mlorton@eshop.com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <199508290204.TAA15269@eshop.com>
On Mon, 28 Aug 1995, Michael Lorton wrote:
>
> 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].
>
The whole point of having a large number of tools is that they are each
much better suited to the task. There was and ad detailing
how a guy built a house using only a swiss knife - splendid, but you do
it for glory, advertising, learning or hobby - not because you need a
house.
So let us leave the OS guys to model their own tools - Java is for
'executable content' - run your code anywhere.
Smiljan Grmek
KSI Zagreb
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