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Originally Posted by daemonfowl
am I right to say that Tanenbaum diapproves of linux kernel because of this very issue ?
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My suspicion is that you are reading what you want into Tanenbaum's statements. To understand Tanenbaum's beef is to go back & read the original newsgroup argument they had back in the early '90's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenba...orvalds_debate
Much of their argument centered around Tanenbaum advocating microkernel design as being the next step in OS implementation while Torvalds advocated a simpler monolithic structure because it is easier to implement. Much of their debate was fueled by their respective egos, & because the feud was so public, this may have led to the rise of Linux because:
- many OS enthusiasts read the newsgroups in which both pontificated their agendas.
- making the Linux kernel free (as in GNU free...) enticed many to play with it since there was no charge to do so.
While Tanenbaum has a point in the links provided earlier in this thread, I also suspect he is not totally unbiased given the debate taking place twenty years ago.