January 20, 2008
Epic battle
1 and 2 were involved in one epic geek battle (geek battles are fought on mailing lists). Which battle?
1. 2.
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Answer:
1 is Andrew S Tanenbaum. 2 is Linus Torvalds.
All hell broke loose when 1 started a thread on comp.os.minix with a subject title “Linux is Obsolete”.
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January 20th, 2008 at 10:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200825958 )
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate is a debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum(pic 1) and Linus Torvalds(pic 2), regarding Linux and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum began the debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix,[1] arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was, even in 1992, obsolete.
January 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200826538 )
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds ‘Linux is Obsolete’ debates.
January 20th, 2008 at 11:13 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200827634 )
1. Dr. Andrew S. Tanenbaum
2. Linus Torvalds
The name of the battle is called as ‘flame war’ because of deliberate hostile exchange of messages, between the two camps of MINIX and Linux respectively
January 20th, 2008 at 11:45 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200829541 )
the tanenbaum- torvalds debate on kernel architecture
January 20th, 2008 at 12:18 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200831535 )
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate over which is better- micro kernel or monolithic kernel.
great question! :-)
January 20th, 2008 at 12:27 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200832040 )
Torvalds vs Tanenbaum
Linux vs MINIX
January 20th, 2008 at 1:45 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200836734 )
The debate between Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds about which type of OS is better : Monolithic or Microkernel.
January 20th, 2008 at 4:28 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200846526 )
tanenbaum, torvalds – the linux should have been designed as a microkernel controversy.
January 20th, 2008 at 6:53 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200855239 )
Person 1: Andrew Tanenbaum (henceforth known as the Minix Guy)
Person 2: Linus Torvalds (henceforth known as the Linux Guy)
The Debate: Well, in a nutshell, Linux guy said linux is better, and Minix guy said minix is better…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.....lds_debate
January 20th, 2008 at 7:41 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200858112 )
The Linus vs. Tanenbaum debate.
1-Andrew Tanenbaum
2-Linus Torvalds
January 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200858490 )
Presenting the “Microkernel OSes vs Monolithic Kernel OSes” bout. Featuring, in the blue corner, Andrew Tanenbaum, and in the red corner, Linus Torvalds :-)
January 20th, 2008 at 9:17 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200863836 )
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate is/was a debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding Linux and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum began the debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was obsolete
January 21st, 2008 at 12:11 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200874290 )
Linus versus GNOME
January 21st, 2008 at 12:56 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200876988 )
no ,gpl v3 fight…?
January 21st, 2008 at 5:59 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200895158 )
Tanenbaum vs Linus “Linux is obsolete” debate—- the final one (I think!)
January 21st, 2008 at 7:04 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200899060 )
Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds arguing about Linux being obsolete (kernel architecture issues)..
January 21st, 2008 at 7:37 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200901061 )
tanenbaum torwald – linux kernel architecture
January 21st, 2008 at 8:15 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200903302 )
The Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate is a debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding Linux and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum began the debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was, even in 1992, obsolete.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:05 am, GMT +0000 ( 1200909918 )
Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate regarding Linux and kernel architecture
January 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pm, GMT +0000 ( 1200920390 )
ast v/s torvalds – minix v/s linux, microkernel v/s monolithic…