Re: Hurd and microkernels

[Barry deFreese]

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From: "Tom Bachmann" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: Hurd and microkernels


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> > I think building an own kernel instead, while it might be more work
> > (though I'm not really sure about that), would allow concentrating on
> > how *we* want the system to work, instead of following some microkernel
> > designers' ideas about how systems should be build... Might very well be
> > worth trying for a change.
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> I'm sorry, but we do have a ``micro''-kernel (mach), but I can't see the
> benefits you're hoping for.
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Well Marcus and Neal have admittedly stated they don't have time to work on 
Hurdng at the moment and very few folks seem to want to ( or in my case lack 
the skillsets ) to do the hardcore Mach work, so what could it hurt?

Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)