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> plenty of other people are playing with OS's (although it does seem 
> they are mostly just repeating stuff from thirty years ago, badly) so 
> just make use of any good results. 

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Why not work the other way around?
Think about what computers will be like 30 years IN THE FUTURE, and
start planning an OS that will remain viable then... 

> There are better uses of ones time. 

YES!! 
But circumstances dictate that I devodte efforts to this...


> Even ignoring the completely implausible request 
> for no redundancy, there simply isn't any such thing as 'complete'. We 
> keep changing things!

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That's a problem... 


> > My goal here is to build a system that's strong enough to force
> > Microsoft to play fairly. =P
> Been there, done that (twice), got _both_ layoff letters. Oh, I'm being
> redundant again.

My turn then. ;)

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