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.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
- Andrew S. Tanenbaum
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, … - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
If anyone had realized that within 10 years this tiny system that was picked up almost by accident was going to be controlling 50 million computers, …
I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking fi… - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
I have a mouse, but don't have a mouse driver for MINIX and have never felt the need to write one. Typing "rm x y z" is a lot faster than clicking fi…
The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast … - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
The only real argument for monolithic systems was performance, and there is now enough evidence showing that microkernel systems can be just as fast …
XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
XML combines the efficiency of text files with the readability of binary files
Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Unfortunately, the current generation of mail programs do not have checkers to see if the sender knows what he is talking about.
Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Sequential programming is really hard, and parallel programming is a step beyond that.
The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
The only way to make software secure, reliable, and fast is to make it small.
A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack. - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
A multithreaded file system is only a performance hack.
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