Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!vladimir From: vladimir@Eng.Sun.COM (Vladimir G. Ivanovic) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Most requested features in MINIX... Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 21:03:54 GMT References: <43516@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <8930@star.cs.vu.nl> Sender: news@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 26 In-reply-to: ast@cs.vu.nl's message of 4 Feb 91 09:23:04 GMT If the raison d'etre of MINIX is pedagogical, shouldn't there at least be a version (MAXIX?) which supports >3. Multi-threaded filesystem >4. Virtual memory on machines that will handle it. >9. Symbolic links. >16. Better scheduling algorithms. >18. The ability to profile executables. >20. Long filenames. >21. POSIX Job Control -- Vladimir -- ============================================================================== Vladimir G. Ivanovic Sun Microsystems, Inc (415) 336-2315 2550 Garcia Ave., MTV12-33 vladimir@Sun.COM Mountain View, CA 94043-1100 Disclaimer: I speak for myself. ==============================================================================