[ncolug] Re: Minix3
- From: Chuck Stickelman <cstickelman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncolug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:54:59 -0500
Henry Keultjes wrote:
MrKnisely wrote:
Because this vista is a 1"x1" opening looking out on a brick wall.
Honestly, do you think that any of us would actually use this?
Mike K.
Mike:
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
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I once heard it said that if humans ever destroyed themselves with
nukes, the eventual inhabitants of Earth would be descendants of the
cockroach. Seems those little critters have a very high tolerance for
radioactivity... Sounds good. UNTIL, you realize that those buggers
have had MILLIONS of years of evolutionary head-start and they didn't
ever come close to what we have today... Seems they are an evolutionary
dead-end. Were way back then and will be again.
Now how does Minix differ? I have a set of ORIGINAL Minix disks. (I
think it's version 1.2) Certainly had some neat stuff, but it's clear
that it didn't have what it takes to advance to the top of the pyramid.
Doubt that it will in the future either. At the same time one of the
NEATEST OSes is Plan 9 (or is that OS9?) anyway, it's way cool, yet
it'll never see much light...
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? Though it REALLY doesn't matter. 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.
Chuck
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