Three words: Worse is better. Inelegant imperfect but simple design meant that Linux was more accessible to contributors and progressed quickly and hence succe

Three words: Worse is better. Inelegant imperfect but simple design meant that Linux was more accessible to contributors and progressed quickly and hence succeeded in building a community where more complex designs have largely failed. Perhaps products such as Xen provide a "worse is better" version of microkernels.