Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jun 2007 23:00:42 +0530 | From | jimmy bahuleyan <> | Subject | Re: How innovative is Linux? |
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Torsten Duwe wrote: > On Saturday 23 June 2007, you wrote: > >> hmm, wasn't loadable kernel modules first implemented in SunOS 4.x [...] > Yes, but that was pretty cumbersome. You had to resolve the symbols in user > space, using a hopefully matching /vmunix. Linux was first to feature an > in-kernel linker and symbol table, IIRC. >
building upon or improving existing technology is as important as inventing new things. if every one insisted on dreaming up new things, i doubt we would've accomplished anything significant (not just in OS, anywhere ;)
> Torsten
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