"I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-)"
Since every microkernel in use (Windows NT and XNU, really) have taken much of their code monolithic, I think this is the true legacy of Tanenbaum's career.
Flamebait at its' worst, but acceptable because he was a respected member of the academic elite.
Since every microkernel in use (Windows NT and XNU, really) have taken much of their code monolithic, I think this is the true legacy of Tanenbaum's career.
Flamebait at its' worst, but acceptable because he was a respected member of the academic elite.