Modularity.
> the kernel itself can't be swapped (and I don't think we want to deal with
> the *nasty* potential deadlocks inherent in swappable kernel memory!).
God forbid.
> The difference with respect to Windows is that there's hardly any additional
> functionality or performance to justify the bloat....
But Windows CE is quite small. Windows CE is a more dangerous competitor for
Linux than is NT.
----------------------------------- Victor Yodaiken Department of Computer Science New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro NM 87801 Homepage http://www.cs.nmt.edu/~yodaiken PowerPC Linux page http://linuxppc.cs.nmt.edu Real-Time Page http://rtlinux.org
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