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author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-06 12:29:44 +0100 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2008-11-06 12:29:44 +0100 |
commit | 4b35c398ab01c2e5ecf49d9fccc44c215f850a0e (patch) | |
tree | 2af42b0c7d4d03582ec23d9f92706b70948e4139 /hurd/history/hurd-announce | |
parent | 2213166ab5b58cf89f3b07eded20ab2a03d9c681 (diff) |
Integrate history.html and hurd-announcements.html, plus all Hurd flashes and announcements.
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diff --git a/hurd/history/hurd-announce b/hurd/history/hurd-announce new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f165ad8 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/history/hurd-announce @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +From mib@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU Tue May 7 12:07:53 1991 +From: mib@PREP.AI.MIT.EDU +Newsgroups: gnu.announce +Subject: FSF work on a GNU OS +Date: 6 May 91 22:15:22 GMT +Reply-To: mib@prep.ai.mit.edu +Distribution: gnu +Organization: GNUs Not Usenet + +The Free Software Foundation is beginning work on a GNU operating +system built on top of the Mach 3.0 microkernel. There are three +goals to this project worth noting: + +o Binary compatability with 4.4 BSD, and other U*x or U*xish systems + on other hardware where appropriate, convenient, and consistent with + the design; + +o Posix compliance (in combination with the GNU C Library and the GNU + C Compiler); and + +o Ease of use as well as several new features and functionality. + + +I am interested in constructive criticism on the interfaces, design, +and implementation from experts in the field of OS research and design +consistent with the above goals. Advice from seasoned U*x hackers is +especially welcome. + +We have a mailing list for discussion. Currently there is little +discussion on the group; the major contributors to the ideas behind +the design all live in the Boston area at this point, and work has +been done via face-to-face communication. I would like to open the +field of discussion to a broader base, both to get wider dissemination +of the ideas behind the current design, as well as to get a greater +breadth of criticism. Periodic postings are currently made to the +mailing list containing a snapshot of the interfaces used by the +various pieces of the system. I would like to see discussion as well; +perhaps we need a critical mass to get this. + +Interested individuals should send me email. I don't regularly read +the newsgroups to which this message is posted. + + +[U*x is an abbreviation for a well-known trademark of AT&T. :-)] + + -mib + |