On May 16, 2007, at 7:27 PM, Tim Jones wrote:

> On May 16, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Norman Palardy wrote:
>
>> On 16-May-07, at 8:03 PM, Tim Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Be careful what you ask for :) ...
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Operating-Systems-Implementation-Prentice-
>>> Software/dp/0131429388/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2688509-4207024?
>>> ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179367111&sr=1-1
>>
>> This is the new revised edition of the book & OS that inspired Linus
>> to eventually create Linux.

And, Linus was a student of Tannenbaum's way back then and rumor has  
it that he actually got a C in the class for his "Linux: project.  I  
believe the argument was over monolithic kernels versus Andrew's idea  
that micro-kernels were the only way to do this moving forward.  Hmm,  
and how many of us are running MINIX?

Tim
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