| ... but not with Linux. It's too rooted in the past.
Linux, as good as it is in some ways, should be seen less as a real system than as a proof-of-concept for Open Source systems. It shows that a small group of dedicated hackers, together with an active and devoted user base, can produce a quality operating system. Now we have to take it to the next level: a new system, one that starts from a clean slate, and can take advantage of all the things we've learned about systems design, language design, and user interface design over the past thirty years.
Illiad, if I may have you permission, I'd like to start a project on SourceForge under the name 'User Friendly Operating System' or UFOS. With all the talented hackers who read this strip, it should be possible to do something *amazing* (if we can all agree on how to do it). Anyone else interested? |
