Japanese Manufacturers Back Off Proprietary OSes
Japanese consumer electronics makers are backing away from efforts to move proprietary OSs into wider use, turning instead to open source OSs, mostly Linux. [EE Times] (January 23, 2003)
KOSH: Community Operating System and Hardware
A concept that has been around in one form or another for many years. Its root is the failure of single companies to address all the needs of all its customers, lack of interactivity, communications, feedback and involvement between producer and consumer, and lack of radical advancement and innovation due to fear of the producer in alienating its biggest customers.
legOS
Unofficial, free Lego OS: open-source embedded OS for LEGO Mindstorms (Lego bricks with brains). Compared to the standard software, it has far better performance and flexibility.
LittleOS
New operating system. Goal: to be stable and easy to use. Everyone can join. In Français and English. [Open Source]
Managing the Complexity Curve
Short paper explains ease, costs to maintain system changes over time. Two models contrasted: closed vs. open source. For closed source, the more one knows, the harder it gets. For open source, the more one knows, the easier it gets.
Report: Japan, Korea, China to Break Windows Ties
Plans for governments and private sector firms of China, Japan, South Korea, to jointly work together to develop new OS to rival Microsoft Windows to be unveiled later this week, according to 2 Japanese newspaper reports. [InfoWorld] (September 2, 2003)
STORM
New free French OS with source!
Stupid OS
OS from India, coded in assembly and C; news, source and binary downloads. [Open Source]
WebRing: Free Operating Systems
Several sites offering free OSs.
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