![]() ![]() The first third of Linus' essay discusses this further.Įlectronic copies of this debate are available on the Web and are easily found through any search service. We felt the inclusion of this appendix would give a good perspective on how things were when Linus was under pressure because he abandoned the idea of microkernels in academia. When Linus himself heard that we were including this, he wanted to make sure that the world understood that he holds no animus towards Tanenbaum and in fact would not have sanctioned its inclusion if we had not been able to convince him that it would show the way the world was thinking about OS design at the time. In early 1992, noticing the way that the Linux discussion had taken over the discussion in comp.os.minix, he decided it was time to comment on Linux.Īlthough Andrew Tanenbaum has been derided for his heavy hand and misjudgements of the Linux kernel, such a reaction to Tanenbaum is unfair. Andrew Tanenbaum is a well-respected researcher who has made a very good living thinking about operating systems and OS design. What follows in this appendix are what are known in the community as the Tanenbaum/Linus "Linux is obsolete" debates. ![]() Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution Appendix A - The Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate ![]()
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