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SubjectRe: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question)
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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