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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.sprintlink.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!minnow.render.com!news From: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: The Future of FreeBSD... Date: 25 Jul 1995 10:19:43 GMT Organization: RenderMorphics Ltd. Lines: 21 Distribution: world Message-ID: <DFR.95Jul25111943@manta.render.com> References: <3uktse$d9c@hal.nt.tuwien.ac.at> <3uo4fk$gjm@er6.rutgers.edu> <ck3xcVu00YUxABg5gY@andrew.cmu.edu> <3us0a8$l9m@er6.rutgers.edu> <3v0rk7$ac4@blob.best.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: manta.render.com X-NNTP-Posting-Host: render.demon.co.uk In-reply-to: dillon@best.com's message of 24 Jul 1995 12:17:27 -0700 In article <3v0rk7$ac4@blob.best.net> dillon@best.com (Matt Dillon) writes: > > [...] > > I think the point is pretty much moot, myself. I see both monolithic > and microkernel designs heading for the same destination. This reminds me of when my martial arts teacher says that it doesn't matter what art you practise; if you work at it long enough, you will end up in the same place. Perhaps one day, Mach, *BSD, Linux will all gracefully merge into the 'Zen Operating System'. Now, the only question is, what is the OS equivalent to the Zen warrior instruction, "Don't think, act!" -- Doug Rabson, Microsoft RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 171 251 4411 These are not the opinions of Microsoft. FAX: +44 171 251 0939