Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Mar 2007 22:49 UTC, submitted by _DoubleThink_
"MINIX is an operating system designed for 'resource limited' or embedded computer systems. Versions 1 and 2 were teaching operating systems upon which the famous book, Operating Systems Design and Implementation, by Andrew S Tanenbaum and Albert S Woodhull, is based and also was the inspiration for Linux. With this latest release, version 3, MINIX aims to be a complete, stable, secure desktop operating system for everyday use. Does it live up to those claims? Read on to find out."
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2006-08-01
...Minix 3 is (microkernel) has nothing to do with any serious commercial operating system...
What about QNX? QNX is a very powerful, stable, real-time OS that is used all around the world for mission critical systems and it's a microkernel.
SymbianOS? Another mircokernel, and one that powers 2/3 of all mobile devices used today.
I don't think it's quite fair to say that you can learn nothing about and OS's structure from Minix.