[openbeos] Re: Debunking the complexity

> For the uninitiated, rewriting an Operating system seems like a 
> daunting task.  I've received private emails where people doubt our 
> ability to pull this off.  I ask just for a few minutes of your time so 
> that I may present to all of you a simplified analysis of the task we 

Simplistic would be the right epithet, not simplified...


> face.  I will use the netserver as an example, but the same reasoning 
> can be applied to all servers (but not the kernel).  The microkernel 
> architecture designed by BeInc makes the whole task a lot simpler than 
> with monolithic systems.

BeOS is not a microkernel.


> So, what is the netserver and what does it do (from an OS  programmers 
> perspective)?
> 
> - for a microkernel based architecture, the netserver is just another 

BeOS is not a microkernel.


etc,


manuel,

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