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From comp.os.minix, January 29, 1992
Andrew Tanenbaum argues that Linux’s monolithic kernel design is outdated. Torvalds responds, and an extraordinary debate about operating-system architecture follows.
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Inhowfar it can be actually called MINIX in there. If you have a minimalistic 8-bit processor working as a boot processor for an Intel or AMD CPU, they don’t implement features like virtual memory down there.
I believe it is more like a MINIX-ish system down there.
Daemon summoning isn’t fair! I’ll tell mama!