Can we really think at a new OS design nowadays ?

Guillaume FORTAINE guillaume.fortaine at wanadoo.fr
Sun Aug 6 04:04:22 CEST 2006


Benno wrote:
> On Sat Aug 05, 2006 at 19:50:05 +0200, Guillaume FORTAINE wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here is the start point of my reflexion :
>>
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2006-04/msg00053.html
>>
>> I believe that we can do extremely complex and reliable software with a 
>> few people, thanks to the powerful formal and design tools available now.
>>
>> Moreover, I think that this OS has to support three key things to be 
>> able to survive ( an essential key to have a long term development ) : 
>> synergy ,transition & usability.
>>
>>     
>
> What does synergy mean, and why is it a key to an OS?
>
> Benno
>
>
>   
Synergy : have enough developers with a common goal to achieve it. ( to 
avoid dead-born projects )

Abstraction ( meaning rigorous formalism ) :

http://66.249.93.104/translate_c?hl=fr&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XCB&prev=/language_tools

http://66.249.93.104/translate_c?hl=fr&langpair=fr%7Cen&u=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%25C3%25A9thode_formelle_(informatique)&prev=/language_tools

To avoid these types of errors :-) ! => have a pure reliable ( totally 
bug-free os )

Best Regards,

Guillaume FORTAINE




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