Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate
1990s debate regarding the Linux kernel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate was a written debate between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds, regarding the Linux kernel and kernel architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix, began the debate in 1992 on the Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to monolithic kernels and therefore Linux was, even in 1992, obsolete.[1] The debate has sometimes been considered a flame war.[2]