電脳丸こと長谷川さんからお誘いいただきまして、このたび参加させていただくこと
になりました。得意技は英語なので、その方面での貢献をさせていただきたいと考えて
おります。(残念ながらプログラムは書けない・・・あうあう)
おみやげと言ってはなんですが、拡張英語版B−Free宣言の私案を作りましたの
で、ご検討いただければと思います。HTMLのタグ入りですので、そのままホームペ
ージに持って行けます。ネイティブ・チェックは入れていませんので、細かい文法上の
誤りがあちこちにあることは確実です。しかし、英語はわかればいいんです。わかれば
。
あと、「英語の手紙は私のところへ」とやっちゃってますが、これでいいでしょうか
?
いろいろお世話になりますが、よろしくお願いいたします。
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Industrial TRON Project (ITRON): ITRON is a computer operating system for mainly industrial use. ITRON-OS enables pre-emptive, multitask operation within embedded computer systems. It gained popularity among Japanese manufacturers as a de facto standard of embedded OS. Latest version of the ITRON-OS is Micro ITRON3, which could be used as a central kernel of personal computer system.
Communication and Central TRON Project (CTRON): CTRON system is designed to create networks of computers. It can set up links between industrial embedded systems and personal computers together, creating an infrastructure of information superhighways. Since it aims for supporting large-scale multitask job, many CTRON-OS are implemented for telephone switching machine.
Business TRON Project (BTRON): BTRON is a operating system for personal use such as workstations or personal computers. Unlike the other personal computer operating systems, BTRON is designed to make the most efficient use of computer resources for Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). As a result, BTRON can be used with minimal hardware which could be affordable to anyone. One important feature of BTRON OS is hypertext file system. It is just like HTML, but far easier and extremely efficient file system which enables us to use computers as our external brain.
Macro TRON Project (MTRON): The ultimate goal of the TRON project is to establish MTRON. The idea of the MTRON is a massive network of computers could be considered as an integrated computer at macro level. The systematic cooperation among these computers should require some sort of operating system of which the Macro TRON project aim to find out. Macro TRON is expected to be used in extreme environments such as space stations or underwater laboratories.
Currently, we are working for design and coding which is suitable for CPUs more than 32 bit use. Micro-kernel technology is adopted into the B-Free OS, and it aims to work as a multi-task operation with fine human-machine interfaces. In addition, the B-Free OS will be designed to support TRON multilingual environment, which enables computers to display, edit, and communicate in virtually any languages in the world. The adoption of the TRON multilingual environment is our counter-proposal to the Unicode or ISO10646-1 multilingual coding system, which lacks respect to the diversity of languages and thus massive insult to the cultural heritage of human race.
You may think that creating an operating system by a group of enthusiast would be an act of Don Quixote, but we are encouraged with the following facts and be inspired to start our project.
When we complete the development of B-Free OS, it will be freely distributed including source codes for further improvements or development of application programs. With the B-Free project, we hope to contribute global society to provide an alternative computer operating system.
Copyright: B-Free Project
English translation prepared by Nobby Onishi, June 25, 1996
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