According to the article, it's Win32. Also, the article states that it is command line only. No GUI. Which means that realistically, only a subset has been done. No window handling stuff has probably been implemented.
This really isn't a huge feat. There have been several embedded OSes that were Win32 compatible. Some were not only source compatable but binary compatible, as I understand. I believe Phar-Lap had one that could be developed with Visual Studio on NT, and the same binary would run on both platforms.
This has been mentioned above, but the purpose of Slashdot isn't to tow the party line, or to march in lockstep to the FSF drum (or anyone elses, for that matter). Read the banner, for crying out loud.
News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
This is stuff thats generally interesting on all fronts. And a well written parody or satire is a welcome change, IMHO. Besides, no matter how much you belive it, don't tell me you don't get tired of RMS just beating the crap out of the same dead horse. Give it a rest for a while. Cripes. GNU/Linux. Whatever.
Don't get me wrong, he's an icon. A veritable legend. But for crying out loud... write code, stop proselytizing. We're falling asleep out here.
And while I'm on a rant (forgive me), why is it that everyone has to be so rabid? This isn't linuxrules.com, or bowdowntolinuxordie.com. This is supposed to be News for Nerds. But every time an article comes up that is even slighly anti-linux, the crowd here attacks like a bunch of mangy, half-starved dogs.
News flash: Linux isn't the best everything. Windows has a more useable desktop. Sorry to say. It's not as fast as NT. Sorry to say. Do I think it will get there? Yes. Do I think that Open Source (Doh! I mean Free Software... Sorry RMS!) will change the way the entire software industry works? Absolutely. With the same kind of faith that builds cathedrals. Seriously.
But take a more objective view. Stop being rabid and tearing down the pillars of media support that developers (and esr, credit where credit is due) worked so hard to erect. Linux isn't perfect. Slashdot isn't strictly a soapbox for Linux. That artical was funny, and it did belong here.
At least, that's my opinion... I might be wrong. (Correct me if I am, Rob... this is your place).
Hmm.. perhaps you are correct with regards to tape drives, but I still maintain that since a solid state drive would be orders of magnitude better than a magnetic media drive, the price point will always remain orders of mangnitude higher. Its what the market will bear.
Five years ago, the idea of a 120Mb RAM drive (that is, one on par with current drive sizes) was enough to make anyone drool. Unfortunately, they were just way too expensive. Two years ago, after the precipitous RAM price drop (from about $52/Mb to around $4/Mb) a 1Gb RAM drive was still just way too expensive. And today, an 8Gb RAM drive is _STILL_ way too expensive.
The price is always going to be too high for solid state drives. Thats just the nature of if. While traditional magnetic hard drives are around, they will always be significantly cheaper than solid state drives. Always. Just as tape drives are always going to be significantly cheaper than hard drives.
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According to the article, it's Win32. Also, the article states that it is command line only. No GUI. Which means that realistically, only a subset has been done. No window handling stuff has probably been implemented.
This really isn't a huge feat. There have been several embedded OSes that were Win32 compatible. Some were not only source compatable but binary compatible, as I understand. I believe Phar-Lap had one that could be developed with Visual Studio on NT, and the same binary would run on both platforms.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
News for Nerds. Stuff that matters.
This is stuff thats generally interesting on all fronts. And a well written parody or satire is a welcome change, IMHO. Besides, no matter how much you belive it, don't tell me you don't get tired of RMS just beating the crap out of the same dead horse. Give it a rest for a while. Cripes. GNU/Linux. Whatever.
Don't get me wrong, he's an icon. A veritable legend. But for crying out loud... write code, stop proselytizing. We're falling asleep out here.
And while I'm on a rant (forgive me), why is it that everyone has to be so rabid? This isn't linuxrules.com, or bowdowntolinuxordie.com. This is supposed to be News for Nerds. But every time an article comes up that is even slighly anti-linux, the crowd here attacks like a bunch of mangy, half-starved dogs.
News flash: Linux isn't the best everything. Windows has a more useable desktop. Sorry to say. It's not as fast as NT. Sorry to say. Do I think it will get there? Yes. Do I think that Open Source (Doh! I mean Free Software... Sorry RMS!) will change the way the entire software industry works? Absolutely. With the same kind of faith that builds cathedrals. Seriously.
But take a more objective view. Stop being rabid and tearing down the pillars of media support that developers (and esr, credit where credit is due) worked so hard to erect. Linux isn't perfect. Slashdot isn't strictly a soapbox for Linux. That artical was funny, and it did belong here.
At least, that's my opinion... I might be wrong. (Correct me if I am, Rob... this is your place).
Chill out, people.
Now. Bow down to Linux or die.
Hmm.. perhaps you are correct with regards to tape drives, but I still maintain that since a solid state drive would be orders of magnitude better than a magnetic media drive, the price point will always remain orders of mangnitude higher. Its what the market will bear.
Barring a radical technology shift, that is.
Five years ago, the idea of a 120Mb RAM drive (that is, one
on par with current drive sizes) was enough
to make anyone drool. Unfortunately, they were just way too
expensive. Two years ago, after the precipitous RAM price
drop (from about $52/Mb to around $4/Mb) a 1Gb RAM drive
was still just way too expensive. And today, an 8Gb RAM
drive is _STILL_ way too expensive.
The price is always going to be too high for solid state drives.
Thats just the nature of if. While traditional magnetic hard
drives are around, they will always be significantly
cheaper than solid state drives. Always. Just as tape
drives are always going to be significantly cheaper than
hard drives.