From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:15:05 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <31ab45d5d167967b7f2d8295682c11fa@quanstro.net> Message-ID: References: <31ab45d5d167967b7f2d8295682c11fa@quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] linux stats in last year from linuxcon Topicbox-Message-UUID: 745c0dc6-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > this was a direct response to ast many years ago. it was > hard to dig up when i did so in 2006. perhaps someone > has a better link: > > - Microkernels are the way to go > False unless your only goal is to get papers published. > Plan 9's kernel is a fraction of the size of any microkernel > we know and offers more functionality and comparable > or often better performance. not intending to pour gas on the flames, but there have been a number of ukernels since that are a fraction of the size of p9 (and less functional, by design). Some with very good performance. > - erik Tim Newsham http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/