The reason is probably that enthusiasm died out when Intel used it for their covert management engine in every x86 cpu they sell. Essentially bavkdooring all computers in the world...
Um wat
Minix development has been abandoned?
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Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#12Can’t software be done? No known bugs, all features in a proposed scope written. Done and done.
No, software can't be done, because the hardware platform it runs on continues to change.
Perpetual growth is a myth, even in software.
Things like Docker demonstrate all that matters is encapsulation by those interested in keeping these projects live.
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#13Can’t software be done? No known bugs, all features in a proposed scope written. Done and done.
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#14Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#15The reason is probably that enthusiasm died out when Intel used it for their covert management engine in every x86 cpu they sell. Essentially bavkdooring all computers in the world...
Um wat
Probably refers to [1]
1 - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-removing-minix-mana...
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#16There's still chatter in the Google Group and GH Issues, and some GH PRs.
https://groups.google.com/g/minix3?pli=1
https://github.com/Stichting-MINIX-Research-Foundation/minix
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#17The reason is probably that enthusiasm died out when Intel used it for their covert management engine in every x86 cpu they sell. Essentially bavkdooring all computers in the world...
Hard to believe.
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#18https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-op...
"These processors are running a closed-source variation of the open-source MINIX 3. We don't know exactly what version or how it's been modified" You'd hope the version they use has been worked on in the last 5 years.
Or maybe you'd hope it hasn't - if there are holes in it then you've got a better chance of being able to regain control of your own hardware.
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#19https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-op...
"These processors are running a closed-source variation of the open-source MINIX 3. We don't know exactly what version or how it's been modified" You'd hope the version they use has been worked on in the last 5 years.
> You'd hope the version they use has been worked on in the last 5 years.
And yet, so many hopes are dashed.
Re: Minix development has been abandoned?
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, software can't be done, because the hardware platform it runs on continues to change.
Perpetual growth is a myth, even in software. Things like Docker demonstrate all that matters is encapsulation by those interested in keeping these projects live.
sure, but minix is running directly in the cpu of every intel processor for the last decade+.
So it surely doesn't apply here.