Talk:Minix 3

message: The drivers do not have access to the I/O port space and cannot issue I/O instructions directly. Instead, they must make kernel calls giving a list of I/O ports to write to and the values to be written. [...]
...
In turn, the file server gets disk I/O performed by sending messages to the disk driver, which actually controls the disk. [...]
These two statements seem to contradict themselves. --Abdull (talk) 23:26, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction 

message: The image :Image:Minix3.png is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here.  In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page.  Please check
:* That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
:* That this article is linked to from the image description page.
This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --08:11, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Minix3.png

message: how about a brief section on similarities and differences between minix-3 and other microrkernels?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.136.108.216 (talk) 22:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  micorkernel comparison? 

message: There are too many "we" and the like for it too be called neutral.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.217.4.135 (talk) 15:03, 19 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This appears to have been addressed at some point. JesseChisholm (talk) 14:07, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral point of view of the Architecture section 

message: I agree with the above paragraph. However, in my opinion the whole article feels like a brochure. In addition, it also looks like a project page (with all the different release descriptions). The article would need a fair amount of rewrite - also to have it structured better - since it also looks like an organically grown scratch pad. Should the article be tagged in any way to show some of these matters? I don't have experience enough as a Wikipedia-writer to do that myself, to ensure that a tag would be used as unbiased as possible. However, it is an important to have a Minix 3 article! Øyvind Teig (talk) 09:12, 1 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that it needs reformatting to read better on the page, however the comment that it reads like a brochure is misinformed. The listing of the different release cycles is quite important to understand the development and history of Minix, and really can't be found anywhere else. It's quite similar to what you find on other operating system pages. A previous editor did a good job in that respect, formatting not so much, bless his soul. Nodekeeper (talk) 03:18, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The article as a whole needs rewriting? 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on MINIX 3. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20060701163916/http://www.minix3.org:80/reliability.html to http://www.MINIX3.org/reliability.html
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20060417154237/http://www.minix3.org:80/improvements.html to http://www.minix3.org/improvements.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 10:01, 16 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Iin the table at right it says 3.3.0 is the latest release. In the body it says 3.4.0 is the latest release. Encyclopedant (talk) 06:22, 20 July 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latest release at right is out of date 

message: Minix3 is owned by Delft University of Technology since that is where Professor Tanenbaum was employed when he wrote it.
It is maintained under the stewardship of Stichting MINIX Research Foundation. 
"Up until now, we have had the luxury of European Research Council funding for several expert professional programmers and support from the Vrije Universiteit. That will end in 2014. Also, one of us (AST) has paid for the server personally. In the longer run, we are going to need money to keep the infrastructure going, renew domain names, and other things.
To keep the show on the road, we have set up a Stichting ("foundation") based in Amsterdam to handle money going forward. The foundation is nonprofit and its mission is to support and develop MINIX." Scottprovost (talk) 23:03, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ownership 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on MINIX 3. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://www.webcitation.org/68WUo9Bot?url=http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases to http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases
*Added archive https://www.webcitation.org/68WUo9Bot?url=http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases to http://wiki.minix3.org/en/MinixReleases
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:56, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified