How the Plan9 team saw it<p>Subject: Andy Tanenbaum hasn’t learned anything<p>From: <Rob Pike> rob@alice.att.com (research!rob)<p>Date: 6 Apr 92 20:06:28 GMT<p><snip><p>- Microkernels are the way to go<p>False unless your only goal is to get papers published. Plan 9's kernel is a fraction of the size of any microkernel we know and offers more functionality and comparable or often better performance.<p><snip><p>to see the other points :<p><a href="http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/andy_tanenbaum" rel="nofollow">http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/andy_tanenbaum</a>