Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds: A Northwest Nobel option?

[Darryl Moore]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 12:54:53PM -0500, Christopher Browne wrote:
>> Yes, had Linux not been "available enough," then they might have put a
>> higher priority on Hurd.  It languished for quite a long time because
>> Mach wasn't quite available/usable.
> 
> Funny how the academic circles were so into microkernels at that time
> (I haven't paid attension to what they favour now).  Microkernels haven't
> ever worked in real life as far as I can tell, only ever in theory.
> They certainly don't seem to help get things done and working anytime
> soon.
> 

Actually QNX uses a microkernel and that OS gets quite a bit of use in
industrial real time applications

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