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I wonder if anybody uses minix in production anymore.

• jethro_tell 12y ago
  I'd love to see some benchmarks if anyone actually does.
  • currysausage 12y ago
    If someone uses Minix in production, they most likely do so because they care about reliability above all else. http://wiki.minix3.org/FAQ#What_is_the_performance_of_MINIX_3_like.3F http://wiki.minix3.org/FAQ#What_is_the_performance_of_MINIX_...
    • SEJeff 12y ago
      No. If they cared above reliability above all else, they'd be more likely to use something like HP's nonstop systems, which are from their Compaq purchase, where were from Tandem. You can hotswap the motherboards of those things with 0 downtime. They run the backend of much of the airline industry (former delta employee). Edit: Links with more information for those not aware of these behemoths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NonStop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NonStop http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/integrity/nonstop.aspx?jumpid=go/integritynonstop&404m=rt404Mb#.VBh8c3VdWEI http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/integrity...
      • jacquesm 12y ago
        Or Erlang.
        • currysausage 12y ago
          Erlang?
      • boobsbr 12y ago
        Cool stuff.