Obsolete Microkernel Dooms Mac OS X to Lag Linux in Performance (Linux Journal) [LWN.net]

Here's a detailed, technical, and opinionated article in the Linux Journal on the superiority of Linux's monolithic kernel architecture. "Given how the microkernel experiment has worked out, I'm surprised by Apple's quaint choice to use a microkernel in a new design. At the very least, it creates an opportunity for Linux to establish and maintain performance leadership on the macppc platform."

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Obsolete Microkernel Dooms Mac OS X to Lag Linux in Performance (Linux Journal)

Posted Jun 1, 2002 3:05 UTC (Sat) by rjamestaylor (guest, #339) [Link]

I read it twice to find the links to the detailed and technical part of the article--all I could find was the opinionated part. Seriously, this article reads like the FUD we laugh at from Microsoft. But the comments have good links and explanations (as well as actual details and technical facts about Darwin and OS X. Disclosure: I use Linux servers at work and at home, and OS X on my Titanium G4.

Obsolete Microkernel Dooms Mac OS X to Lag Linux in Performance (Linux Journal)

Posted Jun 6, 2002 16:12 UTC (Thu) by DeletedUser1035 ((unknown), #1035) [Link]

Ahem. I had hoped you would read the feedback on this article before posting this erroneous information. I could refer you to...
http://www.linuxjournal.com//comments.php?sid=6105&tid=2847&mode=&order=&thold=
which purports to be from the author and based on further research admits that Mac OS X does not use a microkernel. After that admission, most of the arguments related to performance go away.

That is not to say that Mac OS X is better or worse than Linux on the PPC, just that particular line of argument is flawed and should not get further publicity.
--Mark