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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!caen!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!tiamat.umd.umich.edu!crt From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Porting NetBSD to OS/2 and Windows NT Date: 15 Nov 1993 09:19:16 -0500 Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn Lines: 21 Message-ID: <crt.753372922@tiamat.umd.umich.edu> References: <crt.753111416@tiamat.umd.umich.edu> <pcbsdCGE4oI.5zw@netcom.com> <2c22ac$fob@u.cc.utah.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cw-u01.umd.umich.edu terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes: >Actually, hosted OS projects are quite common; several examples: >o UNIX on MACH Mach was designed for this, MACH *IS* basically a *NIX kernel. >o OS/2 on MACH OS/2 is single user... >o NetWare on OS/2 Netware isn't an operating system, it runs under DOS. >o NetWare on UNIX Same as above. >o DOS on MACH DOS is single user, easy to port. >o DOS on UNIX Same as above. >o Windows on DOS Windows is not an operating system, it runs under DOS. >o Windows on UNIX Same as above. >o Windows on OS/2 Same as above. >o Windows on NT Same as above. >o Mac on DOS Mac is single user, easy to port. I think your missing the point here... Your taking a multi-user, multi- tasking full blown (bigger than life!) operating system, and porting it to a single user, slow as hell operating system. It's not realistic...