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Andrew S. Tanenbaum receives ACM Software System Award

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20 June 2024
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, professor emeritus of Computer Science at VU
Amsterdam, receives the ACM Software System Award for MINIX, which
influenced the teaching of Operating Systems principles to multiple
generations of students and contributed to the design of widely used
operating systems, including Linux.

Tanenbaum created MINIX 1.0 in 1987 to accompany his textbook,
Operating Systems: Design and Implementation.  MINIX was a small
microkernel-based UNIX operating system for the IBM PC, which was
popular at the time. It was roughly 12,000 lines of code, and in
addition to the microkernel, included a memory manager, file system
and core UNIX utility programs. It became free open-source software
in 2000.  

Inspiration for LINUX 
Beyond enabling the success of Tanenbaum's textbook, the impact of
MINIX has been phenomenal. It was an inspiration for LINUX, which has
grown into the most successful open-source operating system powering
cloud servers, mobile phones and Internet of Things devices.  MINIX
was also the basis for the MeikOS operating system for
Meikotransputer-based computers and runs inside popular microchips. A
later version of MINIX, MINIX 3.0 is intended for resource-limited
and embedded computers and for applications requiring high
reliability. Beyond the direct impact of MINIX, Tanenbaum's advocacy
for microkernel design has impacted generations of operating system
designers.   

The ACM Software System Award is presented to an institution or
individual(s) recognized for developing a software system that has
had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts, in
commercial acceptance, or both. The Software System Award carries a
prize of $35,000. Financial support for the Software System Award is
provided by IBM. 

 

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