Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:06:08 -0500 | From | brent verner <> | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel constraints! |
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hey, let's be serious here. Linux works...and works...and works...ad infinitum(?) In my opinion, it has the best minds from all around the world making contributions to its development. It works and will continue to work better. _i_ believe that if we counted 'limitations' of every kernel/system out here, linux would be among the ones having the least 'limitations' -- if not the one with the least. if you cite 'limitation X' as making a system unsuitable for 'task Y', then all you have to do is change strategically redifine 'X' to ensure that _your_ favorite system is _always_ the most suitable for 'task Y'. i know linux to be a very stable system and i think that the attribute of stability makes a system suitable for the task of computing aside from any 'limitation/attribute X' viewpoints (period)
brent ificanreplaceonemoreNTboxwithlinuxi'llbehappy verner
Yogesh Bansal wrote: > > Recently(dec.) in WindowsNT magazine comparisons/similarities between > various flavours of unix and nt had come. In the same article Linux was > ignored as enterprise os on account of following kernel 'limitations' : > > 1. kernel is not preemptive. ie even a higher priority user thread cant > cause another thread to be swapped if the other thread is presently running > in privileged/kernel context. > 2. kernel is not reentrant. ie.only one thread in kernel context at a time. > 3. kernel is not multi processing in the sense that on multiprocessor > systems it will run on only one cpu at a time. > > will somebody can clarify these doubts and version which enabled it to be > otherwise. > yogi > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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