> Had it not been for the philosophy, Linux would not have been a thing I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this, but linux (the kernel) is very much not a

> Had it not been for the philosophy, Linux would not have been a thing I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this, but linux (the kernel) is very much not a "do one thing and do it well" kind of program. You'd need a microkernel for that.