Re: RMS: users request you perhaps program HURD: they fear the path the linux kernel is going.

[Alexander Vdolainen]

Hi,

On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 10:05:46 PM EET address@hidden wrote:
> RMS could do it. Alot of what is required in software is willpower to do
> the work. RMS has such.
That's not about RMS. This is a job for a few guys. 
Well, just to be more clear, if you want a well designed, flexible and advanced 
system a *group* of people is required, otherwise it will goes the way Hurd 
does. Just because in order to do so in an adequate timeframe it's neccessary 
to have at least one expert per domain (those are following):
 - architecture
 - kernel bootstrap
 - arch-independent kernel parts
 - system services
 - system libraries
 - portability expert (and the one who will able to port already existing sw)
It's not a good old times (80x-90x) now, system requires much more nowadays. 
> 
> Though he once talked about how he felt needed, but not wanted. I wish
> he could find a person that would supply what is missing; maybe his
> friends could help? (Perhaps even international friends).
Maybe it's better to stop talks around this and concentrate on this (i.e. push 
this topic somewhere, find developers/architects/experts in this area .... 
whatever ... ), isn't it ?
Most of the people thinks it's a crazy idea to create (or completely redesign) 
operating system (which is *not*, just because a lot of existing things exists 
nowadays), and to be more realistic nobody wants to invest time to do so (I 
didn't count a big commercials (yep, they're doing this - google, huawei 
...)).  And again, personally I can invest some of my spare time for this (to 
provide some code, technical consultation, architecture design stuff), but 
it's all useless since nobody will join to the effort. So, assume 6-8 hours 
per week of my spare time is used making 312 - 468 hours per year, making 
about 2-3.8 months of full time job ... let me think ... am i ready to waste 
this time for another then-will-be-forgotten attempt ? i'm not, do you ?


-- 
Alexander Vdolainen,
The evil contractor.