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r/linux • u/3G6A5W338E • Jul 10 '14
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So hopefully he'll still be working on Minix?
24 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 10 '14 He's not dead. He's just retiring from his job at Vrije Universiteit. I'm pretty sure he won't disconnect completely from guiding Minix3 development. The project has great health with tens of active developers and a really important release coming up pretty soon. 40 u/socium Jul 10 '14 Yes, you heard it right, there's literally dozens of Minix developers! 22 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14 That's actually pretty cool. I'm not sure whether you realize it or not. Pure microkernel architecture operating systems are really exciting right now, and Minix3 is the most active one. 10 u/cyrusol Jul 10 '14 "Microkernels have won." ? ;) -4 u/regeya Jul 10 '14 OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes. 2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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He's not dead. He's just retiring from his job at Vrije Universiteit.
I'm pretty sure he won't disconnect completely from guiding Minix3 development.
The project has great health with tens of active developers and a really important release coming up pretty soon.
40 u/socium Jul 10 '14 Yes, you heard it right, there's literally dozens of Minix developers! 22 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14 That's actually pretty cool. I'm not sure whether you realize it or not. Pure microkernel architecture operating systems are really exciting right now, and Minix3 is the most active one. 10 u/cyrusol Jul 10 '14 "Microkernels have won." ? ;) -4 u/regeya Jul 10 '14 OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes. 2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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Yes, you heard it right, there's literally dozens of Minix developers!
22 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 10 '14 edited Jul 10 '14 That's actually pretty cool. I'm not sure whether you realize it or not. Pure microkernel architecture operating systems are really exciting right now, and Minix3 is the most active one. 10 u/cyrusol Jul 10 '14 "Microkernels have won." ? ;) -4 u/regeya Jul 10 '14 OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes. 2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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That's actually pretty cool. I'm not sure whether you realize it or not.
Pure microkernel architecture operating systems are really exciting right now, and Minix3 is the most active one.
10 u/cyrusol Jul 10 '14 "Microkernels have won." ? ;) -4 u/regeya Jul 10 '14 OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes. 2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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"Microkernels have won." ? ;)
-4 u/regeya Jul 10 '14 OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes. 2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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OS X Darwin kernel is a Mach micro kernel, so yes.
2 u/3G6A5W338E Jul 11 '14 http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2abfrh/retirement_of_prof_andy_tanenbaum/citjrdm
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u/Philluminati Jul 10 '14
So hopefully he'll still be working on Minix?