Slashdot: Interview: a New Linux Year with Jon 'maddog' Hall

Jan 01, 2000, 20:39 (0 Talkback[s])

"I think that if the technical goodness of a kernel was the defining issue, then one of the *BSDs would certainly be where Linux is today.

"It is hard to say why Linux caught on, and the *BSDs did not, but I definitely think it has to do with the community spirit that the Linux community has managed to garner."

"... I am REALLY GLAD that Richard Stallman is the way he is, and has the ideals he has, because he continues to show me the path that I SHOULD be going, even though I may only get halfway there. Without his lead, I would have no epitome to reach."

"I have not looked at the HURD's design, but I understand that it is based on a microkernel, and from this you may get the idea that it is a "more modern design". But OSF's code was based on a microkernel, and so was MkLinux and a variety of other systems that have come out. None of these have shown a performance improvement over what can be done with a well-structured monolithic kernel with loadable device drivers and loadable kernel modules."

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