FreeVMS

From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Sat Jan 5 01:31:37 2002

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Matthew Sell wrote:

> Too difficult - compared to what?
>
> I'm approaching this idea from a position of ignorance. That gives me a
> better shot at it.

Too difficult as opposed to writing it from scratch as straight VMS.

> Maybe - maybe not. But I *will* learn quite a bit regarding kernel design.
> That can't be bad - even if the idea doesn't go anywhere.
>
> I personally think the attempt would be a lot more beneficial than anything
> else. Just mucking around with the NetBSD kernel would be very
> interesting......

Agreed, but trying to make NetBSD into VMS would be asking for pain. In
large quantities. And it would be a mess.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sat Jan 05 2002 - 01:31:37 GMT