On 21 November 2014 12:07, Alexander Huemer <alexander.hue...@xx.vu> wrote: > In my personal opinion Minix is no foundation to build on. There is a > reason why Linux Torvalds with his 'hobby project' got much more thrust > from the community than Andrew. S. Tanenbaum with his professional work.
Not sure if Tanenbaum's minix efforts qualify for 'professional work'. I do think the reasons why minix did not gain the adoption are more related to it being less open towards the open source community, and being controlled by rather academic circles... -Anselm