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This is the file .../MOOSE/info/History.nfo, which contains notes about the
history of the MOOSE Project.


File: History.nfo		Node: Top	Up:(MOOSE.nfo)

* Menu:

* The Reasons Why::		Why people had to do something.
* The Beginning::		How it all began.


* Notes:

* MOOSE and Free Software::	The position of the MOOSE Project with
				respect to free software...

Node: The reasons why

   The MOOSE Project originated from the lack of availability of the
most modern computer science concepts to the public. Those concepts
could sum up into a user-friendly fine grained parallel object oriented
computing. The lack of availability was the consequence of the general
policies of major computer companies, which try to impede any progress
done by them, and who make progress only when forced.

Node: The Beginning

  In winter 1992, Dennis Marer, who worked at intel, posted into the
Internet that he was considering writing a new OS with the wanted
features. Many people who long waited for such a system enthousiastically
answered that they'd like to participate. Only a dozen of programmers
remained, but they never could agree on the system, and the project seemed
to die when the '93 summer vacations came.

