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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:28:12 -0600
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From: Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
Subject: Re: CM> Software complexity, microprocessors.
In-Reply-To: <199702112207.QAA22666@web.nmti.com> from "David S. Bennahum" at
Feb 11, 97 05:02:01 pm
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>So, given this state of things, it became clear that, sometime ago, maybe in the 80s, the last human actually wrote an entire O/S. Does anyone know the last time an O/S, for say a "major" platform (digital watches don't count), was written by essentially one person?
Linux? VSTa? Are you including the applications and compilers? People don't need to write them any more, so long as the O/S includes a UNIX API.
But I'd guess that either Linux or BSD are still small enough for a single person, if they're good enough, to comprehend.
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From: Peter da Silva <peter@baileynm.com>
Subject: Re: CM> Software complexity, microprocessors.
In-Reply-To: <199702112207.QAA22666@web.nmti.com> from "David S. Bennahum" at
Feb 11, 97 05:02:01 pm
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
>So, given this state of things, it became clear that, sometime ago, maybe in the 80s, the last human actually wrote an entire O/S. Does anyone know the last time an O/S, for say a "major" platform (digital watches don't count), was written by essentially one person?
Linux? VSTa? Are you including the applications and compilers? People don't need to write them any more, so long as the O/S includes a UNIX API.
But I'd guess that either Linux or BSD are still small enough for a single person, if they're good enough, to comprehend.
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