Solar wrote:Android Mouse wrote:It's like arguing which rotten fruit is better, who cares? They are both based off outdated and rotting designs.
...which is why we're yearning for something better, which however has yet failed to materialize, so you have to chose the lesser of two evils.
The real point, that no one wants to admit, is its imposable to come up with something better, has there so much legace to cope with. Your probably saying why do OS dev then, well you need to add value by, eg: doing a small part of what a OS does better or faster or safer etc. But to code a better desktop OS, it can not be done without a very big team and lots of money.
What you should not be doing is trying to compeat with the big boy head on, they will win.
My OS for example, is not a desktop OS, as why make something that will not be as good as linux or bsd desktop and are available free.
My OS is more like a pmode super DOS, now you may say there no need for such a OS, But there is more use for that, than a desktop with no user programs.
Here's a example, we all know what a Rootkit is and how it can hide programs and processor, so you can not detect them from the OS, as its compromised. the only way to find them is to scan your drives under say XP and then boot a miniOS and do a low level scan and compear the two.
Now this is where a super Dos come in, less than 50k and can access upto 4 GB.
This is a basic example, So think more what is needed in OS design, and less your ego, fallow OS Dev's, yes to make your own desktop sounds cool, but is it needed
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