Re: A short note on microkernels

[Tom Bachmann]

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Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:

I do understand your arguments, but not

> it may turn out that HurdNG
> should build it's own microkernel.

you say:

> [...] designing your own
> kernel while borrowing a lot of stuff from an existing kernel. If you
> need to build a new kernel, this is a good way to go, but the cost of
> doing things this way is about 10x what people naively estimate.

> In my opinion, the L4-Hurd and mainstream Hurd communities simply do not
> have the (human) resources to build both a microkernel and an OS before
> most of this list has died of old age.

So 2 and 3 are simply no alternatives, both from your argumentation and
in my opinion.

Therefore, in fact, we have to a) find a microkernel that perfectly
matches our needs or b) find a microkernel that is fitting more or less,
with a team that is willing to work together with us and (we have to) be
willing to to make compromises. a) is unrealistic, so b) is the only
alternative left. And i hope we have found b). it is up to us to use the
chance. IMHO.
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