[openbeos] Re: Open BeOS

> If NewOS/BeOS kernel is self contained and POSIX complaint I see no 
> reason not to try it with GNU.  After all, other kernels work well with 
> GNU (Linux, Hurd and NetBSD spring to mind).  If NewOS/BeOS kernel has a 
> modern design, is efficient and complete I expect it could be slotted 
> into a GNU system.  If it is better than the competition it could become 
> a popular alternative too.
> 
But we don't want for OBOS to be a replacement for linux, linux is a
command line operating system (with some very basic graphics support).

BeOS wants to be a *real* desktop operating system and for that we can
hardly use any of the command line GNU tools.

Imre

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