I only worked for Digital (DEC) for a few years , I was offered a position with the USAEC / NRC that I could not turn down.
as far as Monolith vs Modular
Most Unix is monolithic and when Linus first designed the Linux kernel it was designed as a monolithic Kernel, it as since evolved into a Modular Hybrid Kernel.
"Linux has the ability to load modules (modular), or be re-compiled with the required modules statically linked (Monolithic).
The most recent example of a monolithic design is seen in Vista. The WMF vulnerability has the ability to compromise the entire system. Why? Because of where the user-mode function that renders graphics is running."
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ARE YOU SAYING DIGITAL RESEARCH HAS CRAPPY ENGINEERS WHO DONT KNOW TO CODE. Because most of the guys who worked on Windows NT were from Digital Research. Dave Cutler the architect of Windows NT is from Digital Research.
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Well it looks like you know a little history, Unfortunately reading about history and living through it are completely different. Whats next? are you going to try and educate me on TMI-2 04/28/79.
I Knew David Cutler, I was also an acquaintance of Mr. Gate's I new him when he was stealing computer time to develop a Basic interpreter for Atari.
As far As David Cutler why don't you ask him what he personally thinks of the hack job M$ did to his code. The code and philosophy David brought to the NT project was revolutionary and contradictory to M$. way of thinking. Unfortunately M$ could not leave well enough alone. They had to implement there own strategies, by the time M$ engineers got done hacking it up it no longer resembled anything David would be willing put his name on! unfortunately he had no choice he was contract bound. That Sir is Microsoft at work. They screw everybody and anything, they where handed a thing of beauty and they **** on it. I personally feel bad for David, although he was not the most cordial man you could meet he was passionate. Building operating system's was his passion.
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"I must say that I did not design Windows NT -- I was merely one of the contributors to design the system."
As you can see even is his book he tries to distance himself from the project. David was a brilliant man. If M$ would have allowed him the freedom he needed, Windows NT and therefore XP would have been a far more stable system. But M$ could not leave well enough alone! You always need to keep in mind M$ main objectives. M$ main objective is not building software, its building a monopoly and David's code did not mesh well with that objective. As a result M$ hacked at NT until it fit their needs not the customers needs ! Their plan worked well, 95 percent of computer users are format locked and they don't even know it or understand why its undesirable.
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YOUR ENTIRE REASONING & LOGIC IS THIRD RATE.
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Well if my logic and reason is third rate. Then that dam third rate logic must be dam good. It was good enough to help save a few millions lives in 1979.and 1986
Although it looks as though you know some history It still appears that you need to educate yourself a bit more on kernel architect. It seems to me as though your education came from M$
Here is some light reading to help get you started
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_kernelhttp://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/#winvslinuxdesign 
How can anyone compete with AT&T if it has open source religion?
Dana Blankenhorn has been a journalist, writer and part-time futurist for over 30 years.
