I did that on purpose, since I too respect AST for his work. He's the first person who comes to mind when one mentions Operating Systems. That is the reason why I responded only to portions that I felt would give me a bit more information, not defend credentials of a proven Guru.
:-) DAJ apparently disagrees as he has still not bothered to recant his statement.
By the DAJ, since you did not reply to my point about AST's books let me give you a little something from one of them :
I didn't because I (and probably all of the computing world) knows what AST means to OS research and development on the whole, not because I wanted to nitpick.
that query was for DAJ not you. Anyway thanks for stating it never the less :-)
and is that a reason to dismiss the very idea of Mircro kernels itself
Not at all. The microkernel architecture is superior in most respects -- it's just not as fast as the monoliths yet.
agreed.
Regards,
- vihan