Q&A: Systematic Thinking.
An interview with professor Andrew S. Tanenbaum is presented. When asked about the MINIX operating system that he created in 1987, he replies that he chose to write the MINIX operating system when it became forbidden to teach about the UNIX operating system. Tanenbaum comments on microkernels, which...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 112 - 114 |
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| Formato: | Interview |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Apr2010
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| Sumario: | An interview with professor Andrew S. Tanenbaum is presented. When asked about the MINIX operating system that he created in 1987, he replies that he chose to write the MINIX operating system when it became forbidden to teach about the UNIX operating system. Tanenbaum comments on microkernels, which is a small piece of code running in kernel mode that provides the basis for the system. He discusses the security of electronic voting systems. |
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