On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Dr. Parthasarathy S wrote:
things they have done. But then, the idea of building a OS from
scratch in 2010 CE is very difficult to digest. This is not just a one
time effort. It needs long term maintenance and support. Some years
Prof. Parthasarathy, just playing the Devil's advocate, something in
front of my eyes: a group of two 1996 entry CSE B.Tech students at IITD
built up an OS suited for real-time activities, as is often necessary for
computer vision. I do not remember too many details, except that it was
for an embedded platform. One of the faculty mentors, Prof. Banerjee - is
also on this list, BTW. This did its job quite well.
This was perhaps based on Linux (I do not remember), but look at the
real-time part, and the timeline...the nineties.
Of course, writing a complete OS in general is no joke.
The DRDO team may not do it from scratch - but then, is that an issue?
Many DRDO labs have Linux geeks around - and the institution with which
Gajendra works, is no exception.
Maintaining a special-purpose OS also may not be too difficult.
With warm regards,
Sumantra.
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