From: Michele Andreoli (andreoli@pisoft.it)
Date: Wed Jun 23 1999 - 23:09:10 CEST
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 04:57:37PM +0200, Gerhard Thimm wrote:
>
> As I know is MIMIX just a study from Andrew Tannenbaum, Nederlands. Ok,
> it looks like Unix, but... The development stops 10 years ago.
>
MINIX inspired Linus Torvalds, the Linux creator. If somebody are
interested on the Linus Torvalds vs A. Tannenbaum battle, can do
some searching on the net. I've read, time ago, a nice document with
a set of emails extract from comp.os.minix, about the question
"monolitic kernel" (Linus) vs. "microkernel" (Tannenbaum).
Oh Gog, Tannenbaum was in right, I think!
Anyway, MINIX is dead because was not free.
> Why, who is using a 286 today?
I'm with you: many company, around the world, trash thousand of old
386.
-Michele
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