[Info-vax] What is a "real" Unix ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-09-04, Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>
> Linux is a totally separate codebase, developed independently
> initially by Linus Torvalds, and then by a cast of many
> thousands.  Torvalds was working with Minix as a pedagogical
> system, but found it unsatisfactory for workaday use, so wrote
> his own imitation of Unix.  It is now arguably the most
> successful and important operating system in history.
>

Oh, yes, I remember well the monolithic kernel versus microkernel debates
spawned by those two different designs. :-)

Given that most of the Linux kernel-level security flaws appear to be
in add-on modules/drivers, it's a pity the microkernel approach wasn't
taken as IMHO that would have resulted in a even more secure system.

Simon.

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