using FreeBSD to create a completely new OS

[Bert Kiers]

On 12/10/12 10:02 AM, Perry Hutchison wrote:

Hi,

>> Forgot to mention this project vary well turn into my PhD thesis
> 
> That's a rather different context than "personal hobby reasons".
> 
> I was going to suggest this anyway, but for a dissertation project
> I would _very strongly_ suggest that you thoroughly research Linus
> Torvalds' experiences in implementing Linux, as well as any other
> low-level OS implementation projects that you can find in the
> literature (Multics, Unix, and OS/360 at least; Symbol 2R also
> comes to mind).  Much of what those earlier implementors learned

Also Plan9 (http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9/) and Amoeba
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba_distributed_operating_system)

Grtnx,
-- 
Bert Kiers
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