I did that on purpose, since I too respect AST for his work. He's the first person who comes to mind when one mentions Operating Systems. That is the reason why I responded only to portions that I felt would give me a bit more information, not defend credentials of a proven Guru.
:-) DAJ apparently disagrees as he has still not bothered to recant his statement.
> By the DAJ, since you did not reply to my point about AST's books let > me give you a little something from one of them : I didn't because I (and probably all of the computing world) knows what AST means to OS research and development on the whole, not because I wanted to nitpick.
that query was for DAJ not you. Anyway thanks for stating it never the less :-)
> and is that a reason to dismiss the very idea of Mircro kernels itself Not at all. The microkernel architecture is superior in most respects -- it's just not as fast as the monoliths yet.
agreed. Regards, - vihan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
