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LCA: Andrew Tanenbaum on creating reliable systemsLCA: Andrew Tanenbaum on creating reliable systemsPosted Jan 18, 2007 16:49 UTC (Thu) by i3839 (subscriber, #31386)In reply to: LCA: Andrew Tanenbaum on creating reliable systems by alejluther Parent article: LCA: Andrew Tanenbaum on creating reliable systems
The kernel is a bunch of software you're running of about 2 Mb big. Close your eyes, point in an arbitrary direction of stench, and you'll find a big blob unmanagable, buggy bloatware, which is in practice as crucial for using your computer as the OS is.
So all talk about a stable kernel are great, but the real problem lies elsewhere.
I hope that in this time where PCs and handheld consumer devices are converging in functionality, the software developers will recognize how bloated and slow their software is, and do something about it.
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