Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: FrontierOS
Author: Philip Suh Posted: 3/5/1999; 2:18:34 PM Topic: QNX Msg #: 3681 (In response to 3640) Prev/Next: 3680 / 3682
Yea, it's a cross-OS Operating System. Heh.While Frontier has all the parts and pieces of an OS (file-system-like databases, application-like frameworks and suites, etc.) it also has the synergy of all of it's pieces working together that create an environment.
- The environment is rich and deep. Plenty of room to play here without switching out of Frontier. The magic for me is working on Win NT, where I am still a newbie, and just maximizing the Frontier MDI; I'm totally at home.
- And the environment is extensible--similar to PhotoShop and Quark, but with a much lower entry threshhold. I don't think I'll ever be able to write a Photoshop plugin, but it's pretty easy to create my own suite or mini-app inside of Frontier.
- Finally, the environment is self-aware, and also aware of other environments. It was built to work with other apps and OS's; not to try to do everything it's own way. In fact, a good portion of Frontier's functionality is all about talking to other environments--look at how many file verbs there are.
These basic concepts are what make Frontier unique--and uniquely capable of handling whatever task you throw at it.
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