Re: is Linux obsolete?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 30 May 1999 22:39:24 +0100 (BST)


> The quintessential microkernel operating system is Mach. It is based
> on passing messages between independent services. The memory

Please don't use Mach as an example. Mach is a research tool, it is very
big, it nowdays uses the same address space for the kernel too.

Good examples of real world message passing microkernels

AmigaOS Exec
QNX

Everyone forgets the Amiga, which is probably the most successful message
mass production message passing OS ever.

Alan

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