Linked by Michael Reed on Wed 22nd Nov 2006 18:23 UTC
There are at this time, a number of what I would term 'OS re-creation projects' (OSRs) in active development. These are OSes that attempt, by varying degrees, to re-implement the features of another operating system. In this article, I'm going to explore some of issues surrounding projects of this type. In the second half of the article, I apply these observations and examine two example platforms (Amiga and OS/2) and the related re-creation OSes.
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//But, IIRC, Linus' original purpose for Linux was specifically to recreate Minix because the Minix license wouldn't allow him to extend it.//
That may or may not have been the purpose, but Linux is fundamentally different from Minix.
They work and are structured in very different ways. Linux is no a "recreation" of Minix ... more like a complete replacement.