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So I think the cause of my confusion is that you're thinking of the technical question, I'm thinking of the socioeconomic cabaret that it would entail. Microke
by jacques_chester 9y ago
So I think the cause of my confusion is that you're thinking of the technical question, I'm thinking of the socioeconomic cabaret that it would entail.
Microkernels on the nixy side of the industry have so far been crushed beneath the tank tracks of path dependency.
- jacquesm 9y ago> So I think the cause of my confusion is that you're thinking of the technical question, I'm thinking of the socioeconomic cabaret that it would entail. Ah ok. > Microkernels on the nixy side of the industry have so far been crushed beneath the tank tracks of path dependency. If you shut those down society would grind to an instant halt. They're super successful just not very visible.
- jacques_chester 9y agoFair enough. I'm mostly concerned with the visible ones.
- AstralStorm 9y agoYou mean like Windows NT family (almost), iOS and Mac OS (since X)?
- jacques_chester 9y agoI said "nixy side" with Windows in mind. OS X is not really very adherent to the spirit of microkernels, earlier and more recent Windows releases have it well beaten in that respect.
- lomnakkus 9y agoYeah, the technical question is "obvious". The socioeconomic, or "political", if you will, is not. As you say: It's all about steaming ahead on the mainstream[1]! Woo! /s [1] I wish you both luck and success if you do something away from the mainstream. Because we need that, at least occasionally.