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Re: [DEB-USER] Re: M$ licenses Unix



On Fri, 23 May 2003 11:20:24 -0700
"deFreese, Barry" <Barry.deFreese@nike.com> wrote:

> Not that this is a good arguement but Windows NT/2000/XP are microkernel
> based you know.
> 
> Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe that wasn't a good point to bring
> up... :-)

Windows NT may be "microkernel-based" but it hasn't been a true microkernel
since at least NT 4.0 (and may never have been).

OTOH Linux hasn't (for most people) been a true monolithic kernel since
kernel modules were implemented in what, 2.2?

Kevin



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