On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:33PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tanenbaum, OS prof wrote a nice paper that was /.'ed today. > He talked about benefits of microkernels for SECURITY. > (You may have seen his debate with Linus on this topic in early 90s.) > > I'm going through his Minix OS now which is designed with > message passing kinda like HURD. > > The idea is out there that as CPU speeds get faster and security > become more of a concern....eventually these 2 trends will > cross and microkernels + message passing will come into > fashion. > > At that point HURD might have a chance at life and RMS > will finally have a system he can call the GNU system > without any flak like he gets for GNU/Linux!!! > > Chris >
I'm definitely not an expert, but I believe a better example of a microkernel POSIX OS is QNX. Full-blown, working, excellent ... and proprietary. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
