Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MiniOS

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Mgm|^(talk) 14:31, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MiniOS

Non-notable software development project, currently at version 0.52 (only other released version was 0.51). Zero hits for "g-soft" minios or "gsoft" minios. Contrib's IP traces to an Amsterdam ISP--probably self-promotion. Niteowlneils 17:54, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Abstain. Google returns 11,300 hits for "MiniOS". GRider\^talk 18:28, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Yes, but none are for this MiniOS--most use the term generically, like from the first hit, "Below is an alphabetical listing of MiniOs's by OS flavor for use as APs, node routers, servers, or anything that needs an OS with a small footprint." Niteowlneils 19:05, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

• Delete (and trying very hard to avoid making "something that isn't an operating system running on something that's hardly an operating system" jokes) --fvw* 19:08, 2005 Jan 26 (UTC)
• Delete, Based on the Google stuff above. Inter 19:28, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, notability not demonstrated. Searches in Google Groups can sometimes be more useful than searches on the Web. (For most topics, the number of hits in Groups is about 1/4 to 1/10 that for the Web; for example, on the Web I get 13,600 hits for "jimbo wales" (exact phrase), and in Groups 1,260. Searches on gsoft minios and g-soft minios in Groups get ZERO HITS. (That's a search on two keywords, not on the exact phrase). Given the number of USENET newsgroups that actively discuss operating systems, it is not credible that a notable OS would receive no mention whatsoever. For comparison, microware os9 gets 4780 hits, "montavista linux" (exact phrase) gets 196, "oberon os" (exact phrase) gets 333, etc. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:41, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable software. --Deathphoenix 01:19, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Agree with Dpbsmith that zero Usenet hits for an operating system means it's not notable enough. Also the 11,000 Google hits are generated by pages in other languages, in which minios seems to be a real word. Restricting search to English language gets 1,600 Google hits. JoaoRicardo 07:52, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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