Re:The Plan 9 Effect or why you should not fix it if it isn'...
by nickpsecurity on Sunday May 29, 2016 @01:35PM
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"Maybe they would suck less than unix if they had seen in the last 20 years a fraction of the development behind unix operating systems."
Essentially it. Each on my list were innovative in their capabilities with some capabilities still missing from UNIX. They just didn't have economic and social momentum behind them. Far as FreeDOS, I left it off because it wasn't really innovative or worth copying. I'd take UNIX or Oberon over DOS any day. Maybe eCOS given its innovation was being highly and easily configurable.
Essentially it. Each on my list were innovative in their capabilities with some capabilities still missing from UNIX. They just didn't have economic and social momentum behind them. Far as FreeDOS, I left it off because it wasn't really innovative or worth copying. I'd take UNIX or Oberon over DOS any day. Maybe eCOS given its innovation was being highly and easily configurable.
http://ecos.sourceware.org/about.html