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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 10:37:30 +0200 From: Ove Bjørn Karlsen <epost@...ebeneficience.net> To: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Kildall Den 10/3/2016 17:10, skrev Ove Bjørn Karlsen: > Den 10/3/2016 14:29, skrev Ove Bjørn Karlsen: >> I tried Linux in 2010, with the peak of the Ubuntu distribution, >> Karmic Koala. And soon compiled my own kernel for it. But little >> recognition of my later low-jitter work it would seem. (That actually >> removed all "disk read" stops, from high-performance demanding games >> like Doom 3. Enabling a fluent 3x72 fps, since the engine does 3 >> passes pr. frame.) >> >> And later Microsoft took back its lead. A big corporation like >> Microsoft could probably not be defeated. Unless ofcourse there was >> some real issue, some obscurity, that was the blue elephant in the room. >> >> In Linux it is GNU. In Microsoft it is Gary Kildall. >> >> Many may not be aware, that Gary Kildall should actually have been >> the Bill Gates of today. He actually wrote the first microcomputer >> OS, CP/M (~Kernal/console) that Microsoft later infringed on, and >> copied as MS-DOS. >> >> When I analyse this, it seems american nationalism is at work. Gary >> Kildall had parents of Norwegian and Swedish heritage. Yet few here >> in Norway even seems to be aware of the "real" Bill Gates. While many >> know the enthusiast computing environment have had their brilliant >> people. >> >> When it comes to the discussion of "Microsoft Business Practises", >> one should definately read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall >> >> That is what it really ultimately is about. MS-DOS later even >> admitted to have "CP/M source" in the sourcetree. >> >> Like I had to leave GNU support due to its obscurity, I have to leave >> "MS" support for the same. >> >> Things Have To Be Done Right, and if anyone could do that, maybe some >> new OS have a chance :) >> >> My view of a "good OS", is a high-level low-jitter optimized >> innerloop construct, based on possily just-in-time interpretated >> language, making most of the OS language one, and usable by newbies >> and advanced, that might make assembly aswell. Where often used >> library macros could ultimately be made in H/W and accelerated. >> >> If you are a brilliant programmer indeed, in the US, salute the flag, >> and be american supergun... :| >> >> Or.. make a music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHUlDm6O-U >> >> Peaceful Saluations. >> > So to really say what I am thinking.. A Good OS Obeys Metaphysical Laws. > > Of Paradox Theos, or the culturally correct corresponding concept. > (Probably not so much "god", but the original Gotan probably was > that.) . . > > Peaceful Salutations. > I also wrote this: https://medium.com/@Stage_Mind/the-metaphysical-realities-of-a-good-low-jitter-operating-system-93e7b248e458#.gitf5ib10
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