[comp.os.minix] A new MINIX book for 2.0?

KPURCELL@liverpool.ac.uk (Kevin ^G Purcell) (09/05/90)

On Tue, 4 Sep 90 18:11:00 GMT craig.mclaughlin@UUCP.CCCMVS said:

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>Version 2.0 is in the planning stages and should be available late next
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Does this mean we will see a second edition of the MINIX book?

Kevin Purcell             | kpurcell@liverpool.ac.uk
Surface Science Centre    |
Liverpool University      | Omit needless words.

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (09/07/90)

In article <29491@nigel.ee.udel.edu> KPURCELL@liverpool.ac.uk (Kevin ^G Purcell) writes:
>Does this mean we will see a second edition of the MINIX book?

I suppose eventually PH will bug me enough to rewrite the book.  I expect
that POSIXizing is going to take at least till the end of 1991.  Then I
have to start on the 2nd ed of the book.  Don't hold your breath.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)