Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-11 Thread Donnie Jones
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Marco Gerards wrote: Donnie Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am very new to kernel development, but I do currently work with distributed algorithms and I find Linus argument that microkernels are more complex very interesting, what do you guys think? Yesterday I hea

Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan S. Shapiro
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 14:10 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > At Wed, 10 May 2006 08:54:41 -0700, > Thomas Bushnell wrote: > > Still, he is essentially right. The conclusion is--dare I say > > it--right as well. The best computer systems *are* single address > > space systems. Of this, I have abs

Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
At Wed, 10 May 2006 08:54:41 -0700, Thomas Bushnell wrote: > Still, he is essentially right. The conclusion is--dare I say > it--right as well. The best computer systems *are* single address > space systems. Of this, I have absolutely no doubt. But this just replaces the war on the best kernel

Re: Linus replies. Re: Computer: Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

2006-05-11 Thread Marco Gerards
Donnie Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am very new to kernel development, but I do currently work with > distributed algorithms and I find Linus argument that microkernels > are more complex very interesting, what do you guys think? Yesterday I heard a talk by Andrew Tanenbaum, in which he