Twice now you've underestimated my skillset, background, knowledge and philosophy, sir.
Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin -------- Original Message -------- From: [email protected] Sent: Fri, Jun 8, 2012 09:51 AM To: Rick C. Hodgin <[email protected]> CC: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012 > To be clear about this, I have potentially unique insight here > because of my own work on OS design in late 90s/early 2000s. I know > what's possible, what I (by myself, in assembly, using MS-DOS, MASM > 6.11d, and only a floppy drive for testing) was able to achieve. I > know there are also people "called" to OS design (very few > though). It takes something atypical to do it. > >You garvley underestimate the work required to make a operating >system, let alone a kernel. > >The major problem is not the fundamentals, it is the drivers. Without >drivers, you can't use your computer. Period. And this is where our >current, lowest, battle is, seeing that the hardware we use doesn't >get crippled, and so that we get access to documentation so we can >write free drivers.
