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The JOS Project (tm) 1998 Second Quarter Status Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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* Overview
* Major Items
* Project Summaries
* Contribution Summary
* Third Quarter Goals
OVERVIEW
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The JOS Project(tm) is a collaborative undertaking by an
international group of programmers and enthusiasts aimed at
the creation of a free and open Java(tm) based operating system.
The JOS Project had a good second quarter growth rate with
over 800 hours donated by experienced architects and
programmers. Project hours were spent focusing on
infrastructure, analysis, design and implementation.
JOS is a ground floor opportunity for dedicated, creative
individuals interested in impacting the software world.
MAJOR ITEMS
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Constitution:
We now have a consitution which will allow us to make
offical decision in the future. It was approved by a
majority of the people on the primary lists and is
awaiting for a mailing list for voting procedure.
http://www.jos.org/wiki/edit/main/Constitution
PROJECT SUMMARIES
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A) JDK WORK
Peter Onyisi: The JDK 1.2 java.util package is roughly 70% complete.
FredrikGrohn: Zip/Jar Deflate 40% complete.
B) KERNEL DRIVER INTERFACE
RobertFitzsimons: The Kernel/Driver Interface is a minimal set
of functions to allow for a platform independent VM. So if JOS
is to be ported to a different platform the porter just has
to implement functions and write a few drivers. At the
moment I am working on a implementation of the Kernel/Driver
Interface on top of Linux. I'm also looking at writting our
own VM for JOS.
C) MISCELEANOUS
Matthew Caswell: TCP/IP Stack beginning
Stefan Borg: AlterKit, and oStore and object storage utility.
Tim Metzler: Cron Daemon and Daemon Runner
Linus Larsson: JOSHttpDaemon, DocSet.
THIRD QUARTER GOALS
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Kernel - Get a development image competed for download.
Thierry Mallard is working hard on this!
Applications - More applications are on the way.
Organization - Eric Griffin is working on a formalized
proposal / specification / implementation process to
complement our bazzar process.
CONTRIBUTERS FOR 2Q 1998
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Name Hours Comments
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Robert Fitzsimions 200 Kernel / Driver Interface
Avery Regier 80 Constitution Light, Multi-Process
Matthew Caswell 80 Constitution Light
Peter Onyisi 80 JDK 1.2 Implementation
Tim Metzler 80 JobRunner and DaemonRunner
Fredrik Gröhn 70 java.util.zip and java.util.jar
Linus G. Larsson 60 Http Daemon, DocSet
Stefan Borg 50 AlterKit, oStore
*Scott Miller 50 Constitution
Markus Peter 30 Admin, Wiki
Clark Evans 20 Wiki IDs
Peter Schuller 7 Jos News, JDK 1.2 Implementation
2Q 1998 APPX. TOTAL 857
* Times not reported, Clark Evans estimated.
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