Andrew S. Tanenbaum: System

Andrew S. Tanenbaum is Dutch computer scientist. Explore interesting quotes on system.
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“The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast as monolithic systems.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“Writing a portable OS is not much harder than a nonportable one, and all systems should be written with portability in mind these days.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

In a Usenet message, 3 Feb 1992.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“If you just want to use the system, instead of hacking on its internals, you don't need source code.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

In a Usenet message, 5 Feb 1992.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“System designers who do not allow users to type far ahead ought to be tarred and feathered, or worse yet, be forced to use their own system.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3rd ed., p. 310.

“UNIX does not allow path names to be prefixed by a drive name or number; that would be precisely the kind of device dependence that operating systems ought to eliminate.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum book Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 40.

Dependency

“A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum

In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“Many security texts decompose the security of an information system in three components: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Together, they are often referred to as "CIA". [They] constitute the core security properties that we must protect against attackers and eavesdroppers—such as the (other) CIA.”

Andrew S. Tanenbaum book Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems (with co-author Herbert Bos), 4th ed, p. 596