Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:31:34 -0400 | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: How innovative is Linux? |
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Grozdan Nikolov wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2007 21:18, you wrote: >> There's a lot in Linux that was true innnovation: >> >> Alan Cox's Networking Architecture. >> VFS Architecture (best one out there -- even better than M$'s) >> Scheduler Design. >> >> Jeff > > Thanks Jeff, so from reading all the responses here I can conclude that Linux > innovates stuff by itself and not only gets it from other places. Is it also > right to say that other kernels, be it BSD, Solaris, maybe AIX?, also benefit > from the Linux innovations?
Absolutely. Every operating system benefits from the cross pollination of ideas that happens on mailing lists, through white papers and at conferences.
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