Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise

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From: Stuart Ritchie
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1992 22:55

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In article <TTN.92Nov7121543@kivikkorastas.cs.tut.fi> ttn@cs.tut.fi (Tero Nieminen) writes:
>Mach 3 is a true micro kernel, unlike the Mach 2 that is a traditional
>monolithic kernel.

Well, depends on how you look at it.  Also, I don't think anyone
has really figured out what a microkernel is.  Where do you draw
the line?

In terms of abstractions, I think March 3.0 is perhaps a microkernel.
In terms of implementation, there's nothing "micro" about it.

Stuart

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Subject: Re: New RISC workstations / 88110 demise
Date: 7 Nov 1992 14:55:39 -0800
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