[cap-talk] Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?

[David Hopwood]

Ian G wrote:
> May be of interest...
> 
> =================
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=14532
> 
> The micro vs. monolithic kernel debate is now very much alive.
> Not too long ago, I wrote an article on the merits of microkernels,
> while a week later we featured a retort. Now, the greatest
> proponent of the microkernel steps in-- yes, Andy Tanenbaum
> writes: "Microkernels - long discarded as unacceptable because
> of their lower performance compared with monolithic kernels -
> might be making a comeback in operating systems due to their
> potentially higher reliability, which many researchers now
> regard as more important than performance." Now, we only need
> Torvalds to chime in, and it's 1992 all over again.

The actual article by Tanenbaum:
<http://www.computer.org/portal/site/computer/menuitem.5d61c1d591162e4b0ef1bd108bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=computer_level1_article&TheCat=1005&path=computer/homepage/0506&file=cover1.xml&xsl=article.xsl&>
is interesting and well-written. Don't bother with the comments and
other links at osnews.com; they're just a waste of time, with a
superficiality to rival Slashdot.

-- 
David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk>