I know this may seem strange but...
Beside being into CS I'm in the military becoming a Chinese linguist. If you
speak any dialect of Chinese I think it would be interesting if we could have
some computer related chats in Chinese.
I know this may be a long shot, but what the heck?
Chad
> Hi,
>
> >>
> >>JOS consists of a small amount of native code at the core and a large
> >>chunk of Java code providing most operating system facilities. These
> >>Java libraries could run on top of different kernels, and in fact, the
> >>JOS project has at least two kernels in development. Your kernel is yet
> >>another kernel that could support the JOS libraries. You are free to use
> >>them.
> >
> >
> >It would be nice to do this but my kernel is all native linux. I run the
> >linux drivers none of my own.
> >There is little benifit to running java drivers it just kills performance.
> >
>
> I think a number of JOS Members wish to have a Java Drivers rather than
> Linux Drivers. They wish to have a "completely" Object Oriented System
> from scratch.
>
> One things, I don't think using Java to write drivers. It would kill
> performance.
> Since most of bottleneck are not CPU-Bound. It is I/O-Bound. Using Java
> would not decrease the performance SO GREAT as u run Java in other platform.
>
> >>
> >>What appeals to me about your kernel is that it is licensed under the
> >>GPL. There are some people lurking around the mailing lists who have not
> >>contributed yet because they only feel comfortable contributing to free
> >>software. If you worked with the JOS project, those people could finally
> >>get their hands on something, which is also good for you.
> >
> >
> >hmm. It seems most of the JOS project developers are not interested in my
> >implementation. The JOS team lacks the one thing it needs to be successful.
> >"Development Velocity!"
>
> hm, a Java-Type Operating System Solution is not easy to do. If developers
> develope
> JOS based on other OS, it would be much much faster. But they prefer to
> build
> on their own.
> Two Years is a SHORT Period to a OS. Linux has been spend near/more
> than ten years. I think the status of JOS is fine.
>
> >They have been at it for almost two years and have nothing running, this
> >will not attract developers. Open Source developers like progress. I am
> >working another project now and we have 80 very active developers. We
> >attracted this mainy due to the speed of our progress and willingness to
> >communicate with team members.
>
> Any Web Page Links? I would like to have a look at it. :D
>
> >>
> >>I am puzzled that nobody has replied to your email yet. Where are all
> >>you free software people!
> >>
> >
> >
> >Not sure not to many people are interested I guess. I will gear up the
> >project in the very near future if
> >there is enough interest. Unfortunately I will do it seperate from the JOS
> >project. It lacks all of the things necessary for success. "Developers"
> >
> >Sorry for my JOS negativity but I cannot see it succeeding. They wish to
> >talk more about politics then the code. The first person to implement a
> Java
> >OS will be the one who holds the pie no matter what it's powered by. In my
> >application you are never even going to know Linux is running underneath
> >except for the blazing speed.
> >
>
> The main fact is that , JOS hasn't got a fullly implementation JVM. If it
> has been
> done, the progress of JOS is much much faster. As I know, three JVM/Kernel
> of
> JOS, only implement basic instruction. Graphics and Thread hasn't fully
> implementated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hilary
>
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