I agree...mostly, but installed minix3 on a usb stick just for the hell of it
and was impressed that it boot without problems on my laptop.
Although this is not a Desktop OS, there is less and less need for desktops
and more need for fast, cheap, simple, networkable OSs. As networks and the
Internet get faster and more efficient, these little guys can be used on very
inexpensive devices to connect network appliances or "throw-away" devices.
Remote desktops to Xservers using cheap expendable devices for example.
---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Larry D" <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:44:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: [ncolug] Re: Minix3
The chances that in ten years you will be using Minix and/or Minix
derived concepts are far greater than you still using Linux in ten years.
Henry
"In ten years, we will also be driving cars that run on used french-
fry oil."
Both statements seem to make some sense at first glance. (Well, at least
one of them does.) Both are false.
We won't be driving cars that run on used french-fry oil because
there isn't enough french-fry oil in the world, used or otherwise,
to replace even 1% of the fuel used by cars in a month.
Here is why you won't be using Minix:
In terms of technology, it is roughly equivalent to running DOS. A quote
from the Minix website:
"MINIX 3 is initially targeted at the following areas:"
"Single-chip, small-RAM, low-power, $100 laptops for Third-World children"
We won't be using it, because we are not third-world children, and
we need more of an OS than DOS.
--
"Life is too short, to spend it waiting for slow hardware to do something...."
- Dev
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