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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Keywords: GNU OS features kernel
Message-ID: <10317@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 24 May 89 09:23:53 GMT
References: <106326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <106326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> bitbug (James Buster) writes:
>What kinds of things should be in the GNU Kernel?

Why do you ask?  Will this actually have an effect on the GNU kernel?

My opinion is that the GNU kernel should either provide an exact
duplicate of a standard UNIX system interface, preferably SVR4,
or it should be a quantum leap forward in OS design.  The latter
will not be achieved by piling "features" into it.