[hardwaresofton]

> This IPC often has a performance impact, which is a big part of why microkernels have remained relatively unpopular.

Somewhat comforting to see deeply technical people still misconstruing why approaches/projects don't get adopted.

[mariusor]

It would help everyone if you'd actually tell us in which way they're doing that.

[immibis]

I think they're referring to the fact that projects mostly get adopted or not based on socio-political processes such as marketing, and only rarely on the actual merits of the project such as performance.