[REBOL] Re: QubeOS - network OS ...
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 25-Nov-2001 5:49
Christian Morency wrote:
>Hi Pekr,
>
>Yes, I've been watching OS lately and Qube could really become interesting.
>I tried d/l the SDK but the zip file I got was not correct. Since the same
>executable file will run on Win32, Dos and Linux, I would really be
>interested in seeing REBOL Core/View ported to it ! Now I could install
>Freedos, use Qube and REBOL in the most simple setup ;) Who needs more ?
>
I know what you are trying to suggest - RebolOS :-) Well, DOS is 16bit
and so it will not be ported. You have to choose another underlying core
technology ....
>I've looked at OS mainly because I don't like what I'm using : W2K, but I
>need it somehow for my PDA synchronization, Linux (mandrake) I found
>unreliable with my hardware configuration... So basically I'm looking at
>other offers :
>
>QNX : outstanding, I was able to boot only using the CD ! it said it
>couldn't create a swap file on my NTFS drives, but otherwise I was still
>able to try it out and eventually installed it on a FAT partition. I have
>found QNX to be quite stable ! REBOL/Core only ;|
>
Yes, QNX is imo the most viable of all alternatives currently. I wonder
why View exists for Amiga for e.g., if there really is no market, while
QNX is being left behind. As for other alternatives, as AtheOS, - I
would wait. Porting Rebol to new platform surely takes some resources,
so RT needs to be carefull here. AtheOS is not proven/well established
system yet imo, while QNX seems to be one of the top Rtos solutions
around ...
>Or have turned toward providing Rebol solutions with Rebol/IOS as Rebol
>script developers as opposed to Rebol developers?
>
Yes, I was joking at RT already, stating that RT developed nice toy for
themselves, so they code in Rebol, rathet than in C :-) The best
scenariou would be of course, if all RT team could implement/develop
further technology itself, while skilled Rebollers could work under
contract for RT, to produce reblets ....
-pekr-
