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Article #1216Re: Linux history - microkernel, monolithic
From: David L. Johnson
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:23
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:23
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On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:18:48 +0200, Robert M. Stockmann wrote: > On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:18:34 -0700, Vladimirr Saigon wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Does anybody know why Linus choose to make linux monolithic instead of >> microkernel? I have been told, that there was some dispute about that >> decision. >> > > Heh, prepare for a looong but interesting read of a thread about Linux > inside the USENET group comp.os.minix titled "LINUX is obsolete" : If I recall correctly, much of this noise about linux being obsolete came from the Hurd people, who "any day now" were going to have a microkernel available that would take over. That and claims by MS that their system was a microkernel, which never seemed to make much sense. -- David L. Johnson __o | Let's be straight here. If we find something we can't _`\(,_ | understand we like to call it something you can't understand, or (_)/ (_) | indeed even pronounce. -- Douglas Adams
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From: "David L. Johnson" <david.johnson@lehigh.edu>
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