I feel this document really captures the feeling that OS researchers had at the turn of the century: http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf http://herpolhode.c

I feel this document really captures the feeling that OS researchers had at the turn of the century: http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf On one hand you had Windows NT taking over commercial space, on the other you had the Linux juggernaut gathering speed. There was not much left for the niche players. Glad to see Minix survives still.