'microkernels are better than monolithic'
[ support:33% : certainty:30 ] · [10 replies] ·
[1 comment]
-
Microkernels are often used in embedded robotic or medical computers because most of the OS components reside in their own private, protected memory space. This is not possible with monolithic kernels, even with modern module-loading ones.
-
support 100% · QNX successesmoderated to 0%; argued down by 0%
by metric on 2004-12-24 19:45:54QNX is an operating system that has been around since the early 1980s and has a very minimalistic microkernel design. It is used in situations where software is not allowed to fail. This includes the robotic arms on the space shuttle to machines that grind glass where a tiny mistake may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
summary
title: 'QNX successes'
text: 'QNX is an operating system that has been around since the early 1980s and has a very minimalistic microkernel design. It is used in situations where software is not allowed to fail. This includes the robotic arms on the space shuttle to machines that grind glass where a tiny mistake may cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.'
tags:
date: 2004-12-24 19:45:54
submitter: metric
effective: 1
support: 0
oppose: 0
stancePos: 0
stanceNeg: 0
stanceEffective:
repliesSupport: 0
repliesOppose: 0
repliesTotal: 0
comments: 0
Powered by Debatepoint.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.