OpenEuphoria

Re: GoTo or GoAway & EuOS

• Posted by Nate Brooman <nateb at LOG.ON.CA> Sep 30, 1998
• 424 views

Pretty much for the experience.

- Nate

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> From: C & K L <candk at TICNET.COM>
> To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: GoTo or GoAway & EuOS
> Date: September 29, 1998 10:41 PM
>
> > Now with EuOS:
> >
> > I am going to begin writing it in a day or so. There is still time to
sign
> > up for the project, but once I begin, you can't join up until V1.2
> >
> > - Nate
>
> Can somebody explain to me why they would want to code a new OS...? You
> guys doing it for the fun/experience, or do you have serious aspirations
> about it?
>
> OSes already include Win95/98, Unix, Linux, MacOS, BeOS, etc. Again, are
> you going to compete or just experience the development?
>
> I think the best things to do these days are OS utilities and games
> (which includes graphics libraries, etc.). Of course, I'm thinking
> "potential profitability," which most of the time excludes doing stuff
> for fun. ;)
>
> I guess since I turned 30 (back on Sept 19th), my whole view of the
> world has changed. Yipes! :)
>
> ck
>
> P.S. RALF! - I just ran your gfx demo on my PC at work... It's a
> PII-300MHz with 128MB RAM. I got over 240 frames per second! Holy cow!
> Blessed bovine! That's pretty good, isn't it? When I turned on the "wait
> for refresh," it sure did slow it down a bit. Just thought you'd like to
> know and respond. :)