Re: ANN: the unix pestilence

From: Ed L Cashin (ecashin_at_uga.edu)
Date: 05/12/03 

Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 12:13:39 -0400

Derk Gwen <derkgwen@HotPOP.com> writes:

[Ed said]
> # Please share a couple of your favorite references!
>
> Unfortunately they would be rather dated. You can start with places like
> http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Research/

That seems kind of hand wavy. Lately I have been going out of my way
to follow the top O.S. research, so I was surprised at your
suggestion:

  Perhaps some people should look at some of the academic work and
  see what can be done with a real virtual memory system instead of
  what we've got today.

... which makes it sound like the VM systems in unix/linux are stupid
antiques or at least not "real" ones.

...
> I don't know if any of these ideas are robust enough or efficient
> enough to be as useful as Linux or Solaris or any other unix, but
> unix should not be thought of as the be-all and end-all of os
> excellence.

OK, that I knew already. It's a far cry, though, from the claim that
academic work has created real VM systems that make obsolete what we
have today in un*x. 

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