That's already the case for Linux and epoll, isn't it? Epoll isn't POSIX and is Linux-specific. If it's going to be platform-specific, it had better be right.

That's already the case for Linux and epoll, isn't it? Epoll isn't POSIX and is Linux-specific. If it's going to be platform-specific, it had better be right. A different way to look at it is that NT was designed by a single cohesive team, working from start to finish, where as the Linux kernel was evolved over many years, via the contributions of many people, in a less cohesive way.