Re: Philosophical issue type thing....

yodaiken@chelm.cs.nmt.edu
Mon, 15 Mar 1999 22:40:15 -0700

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On Sat, Mar 06, 1999 at 10:24:19PM -0700, Michael Loftis wrote:
> I'm not saying this is bad, just interesting. The point I'm making is
> that if things are working towards clustered computing, Micro-kernels
> have a distinct advantage in this arena. The MACH 4 micro-kernel (of
> which I have not been keeping tabs) would be better modified into a
> fully-cluster-aware-and-capable system than taking the existing Linux
> base.

If you don't care about performance or reliability, not to mention
aesthetics.

> Last I knew MACH was a semi-stable micro-k... That was a year or so
> ago.

Let's see a fast L4 kernel and then I'll start to believe.

> Just an interesting thought blurb... Are we heading towards a
> micro-kernel?

Hope not.

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