I found this great archived thread today. It's an old comp.os.minix
flamewar positing that linux is crap, because it doesn't use the
'micro-kernel' OS design.
http://security.royans.net/info/posts/linux_is_obsolete.shtml
my favorite line comes from a Toronto CS professor(minix creator?) in
response to linus:
>>>I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is
>>>a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not
>>>get a high grade for such a design :-)