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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by DarylZero on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:33PM (#29596255)
You spelled Minix wrong and told the story wrong.

Not the best way to make an argument against fact-checking.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by OldManAndTheCpp on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:36PM (#29596303)
> While I could go into a long story here about the relative merits of the two designs, suffice it to say that among the people who actually design operating systems, the debate is essentially over. Microkernels have won.

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI

I will concede that I spelled 'minix' wrong.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by DarylZero on Tuesday December 21, 2021 @10:58AM (#29638609)
> operating system researchers widely believe

Tanenbaum did SAY that, but that is different from it being true.

Fact-checking doesn't mean just accepting the declaration of the more credentialed party in a debate that their view is expert consensus.

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