Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:35:46 -0800 (PST) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question) |
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On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:
> > Jon M. Taylor writes: > > [gone] > >> Jon M Taylor <taylorj@ecs.csus.edu> writes: > > >>> Soon, probably within a year or two, a decent, open-source > >>> next generation OS like Hurd (Microkernel), FluxOS (polymorphic > >>> virtual machines/nested processes), Dolphin (exokernel), The > >>> Cache Kernel, or another NGOS will be developed to the point > >>> where it can step in and cannibalize the guts out of Linux to > > > Right again. What will happen is that there will continue to be > > a shakeout in the NGOS field, and one or two of the designs will absorb > > the good features of the others and come out on top. If they proive > > clear and present benefits, they will be used as long as porting apps > > is not that difficult. > > Most designs are not serious about performance, compatibility, > and real-time. Very few designs are serious about security and > persistent system image.
Oh my God! Someone replied with real, substantiative discussion instead of flames! I don't know if I am going to be able to cope.
[ Good points snipped ]
Thanks for the feedback, Albert. I appreciate it. Unfortunately, the thought that I might recieve more flames on this topic keeps me from wanting to discuss it any further on this list. I'm sorry I ever posted anything in the first place.
Jon
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