Andy Tanenbaum au sujet de Linux en janvier 1992 sur comp.os.minix :

Don’t get me wrong, I am not unhappy with LINUX. It will get all the people who want to turn MINIX in BSD UNIX off my back. But in all honesty, I would suggest that people who want a MODERN “free” OS look around for a microkernel-based, portable OS, like maybe GNU or something like that.

Puis un peu plus loin :

I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-)

Source du débat fameux “monolithique vs micronoyau” entre Linus et Tanenbaum : https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/opensources/book/appa.html