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Andrew Stuart Tanenbaum ist ein US-amerikanischer Informatiker. Er ist emeritierter Professor für Informatik an der Freien Universität Amsterdam . Tanenbaum forscht in den Bereichen Compiler, Betriebssysteme, Netzwerke sowie lokal verteilte Systeme. Bekannt wurde er vor allem als Entwickler des Unix-artigen Betriebssystems Minix und als Autor mehrerer Standardwerke zu diversen Themen der Informatik. Seit 2004 betreibt Tanenbaum die Website www.electoral-vote.com, die sich mit Wahlvorhersagen für die USA beschäftigt. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. März 1944
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“Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Computer Networks

Computer Networks, 3rd ed., p. 83. (paraphrasing Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, University of Toronto Computing Services (UTCS) circa 1985)

“But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a modern "free" OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe GNU or something like that.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“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.”

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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The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate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.”

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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The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate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.”

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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The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate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.”

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

“However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Computer Networks

Computer Networks, 4th ed., p. 428.

“Microkernels are not a pipe dream. They represent proven technology.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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

“"He" should be read as "he or she" throughout the book.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Modern Operating Systems

Modern Operating Systems, 3rd ed., p. 2.

“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.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Modern Operating Systems

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

“I had never engaged in remote multishrink psychoanalysis on this scale before, so it was a fascinating experience.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/.

“Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-) [… ] Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second "F" for this term.”

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In a Usenet message to Linus Torvalds, 30 Jan 1992 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/625c4a78723eeef5.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“Will we soon see President Bush coming to Europe with Richard Stallman and Rick Rashid in tow, demanding that Europe import more American free software?”

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

“While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.”

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

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

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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

“The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Computer Networks

Computer Networks, 2nd ed., p. 254.

“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.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum buch Modern Operating Systems

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

“I really am not angry with Linus. Honest. He's not angry with me either.”

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Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“"Linux is a leprosy; …" This statement is not grammatically or factually correct.”

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Rebuttal to Ken Brown http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/rebuttal/.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“A lot of other people wanted a free production UNIX with lots of bells and whistles and wanted to convert MINIX into that. I was dragged along in the maelstrom for a while, but when Linux came along, I was actually relieved that I could go back to professoring.”

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Andrew S. Tanenbaum

Ken Brown's Motivation, Release 1.2 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

“Fight Features. … The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.”

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"Some Notes on the 'Who Wrote Linux' Kerfuffle", release 1.5 http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/.

“LINUX is obsolete.”

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In a Usenet message, 29 Jan 1992 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.minix/msg/f447530d082cd95d.
The "Linux is Obsolete" Debate

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