Lessons Learned from 30 Years of MINIX.

The article discusses the lessons learned from the development of the computer operating system called MINIX. Topics covered include how MINIX was created in 1984, how the author distributed the codes in developing MINIX, and the importance of determining how to market or distribute MINIX. It also d...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 70 - 79
Main Author: TANENBAUM, ANDREW S.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Mar2016
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