[ncolug] Minix3
- From: Henry Keultjes <hbkeultjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: NCOLUG <ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:37:17 -0500
Chuck Stickelman wrote:
Now, does Minix have a micro-kernel? Yep. Does that count as "Minix
derived concepts"? Maybe. I'm not sure who had the microkernel
first... HURD or Minix?
To the best of my knowledge, HURD is based on Mach that was developed at
Carnegie Mellon.
Linux is a great solution (sure it's not "the best" solution) but it
has traction that NO other OS has TODAY. None. That tells me that
it's much more likely to be around in 10 years than some no-traction,
curiosity.
What kind of traction did Microsoft have in the late 70's? One of
Microsoft's great feats has been its ability to adapt, to go with the
trends and consequently Microsoft's *desires* for Longhorn are more to
being an Oracle than a Linux.
The great strength of Linux is, of course, its diversity but that also
means that all those hackers are likely to continue pulling that Linux
cart off the course that companies like Google are going.
Then there is the issue of chips. Here again Microsoft has already
diverted from the X86/64 course with the XBox. If anyone believes that
Microsoft is making a multi-billion investment in the billions just to
win the game box market, do some research.
The fundamental concept of IT is changing very rapidly from information
stored on a HDD in a box on or next to your desk to info being pulled
from the web as needed. Optimizing that process requires fundamental
changes that, because of their huge investment in the legacy PC
concept, neither Intel nor Linux seem willing to make but Minix3 *and*
.Microsoft as well as Google seem prepared to change course.
Henry
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Chuck
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