First, I want to say "wow" - I really appreciate the thought. Our next big milestone is actually booting the kernel from a hard disk. That includes a whole lot of other stuff, VM system, PCI, etc. Once that is done, then preliminary integration should start. As far as the prize money goes, I am with Axel and Gabe - I would rather see it split among the team members. There is a really small core group of people who are pouring heart and soul into this project and no one person deserves it more than any other. >"Zenja Solaja" <zenja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Picture this - In a darkened room on a development PC, someone will >> reboot their PC after compiling their work, and have the pleasure of >> being the first person on the planet to witness the running of a >> hacked >> OpenTracker and OBOS. Can you imagine the euphoria this person will >> experience when they first try to navigate the File System, and >> succeed. That developer will be the first OBOS user to use a mouse >> to >> navigate the file system instead of using the CLI shell. > >Sure that will be me ;-)) >Anyway, it won't be a hacked version of OT - it will be the standard >version, for everyone to get. That's the basic idea behind binary >compatibility. Almost every component we have so far is in fact binary >compatible. >With the small exceptions of a) mistakes on our part, and b) an >intended change in the API, like it will be done for file system add- >ons and for the (currently private) disk device API. >I appreciate your offer, but be assured, that if I would win that >prize, I would divide it through every active (or core) member of the >project. It just wouldn't be fair to only give it to the one person who >accidently got the whole project running ;-) > >So long, I hope we'll be able to deliver that thing until next year :-P > >Adios... > Axel. > > >