ZDNet is carrying a report on a talk given by a Windows proponent - Mark Russinovich, wherein he outlines the resemblances between the Linux and Windows kernel, and the general similarities in the histories of the two operating systems.
The talk, given by Mark Russinovich, chief software architect for Winternals Software and co-author of Inside Windows 2000, 3rd edition (published by Microsoft press), was clearly delivered to a home crowd, and its message was clear: Linux is paying catch-up with Windows and the gap is narrowing.
It all means, said Russinovich, that the kernel is becoming less relevant. Both kernels are monolithic, he noted, meaning that all core operating system services run in a shared address space in kernel mode. And, he asserted, both have a common heritage.
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