The Design and Implementation of the Anykernel and Rump Kernels

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Then there is my dear Xi, who, simply put, made sure I survived. When I was
hungry, I got food. When I was sleepy, I got coffee, perfectly brewed. Sometimes I
got tea, but that usually happened when I had requested it instead of coffee. My
output at times was monosyllabic at best (“hack”, “bug”, “fix”, ...), but that did not
bother her, perhaps because I occasionally ventured into the extended monosyllabic
spectrum (“debug”, “coffee”, “pasta”, ...). On top of basic caretaking, I received assistance
when finalizing the manuscript, since I had somehow managed to put myself
into a situation characterized by a distinct lack of time. For example, she proofread
multiple chapters and checked all the references fixing several of my omissions and
mistakes. The list goes on and on and Xi quite literally goes to 11.
This work was partially funded by the following organizations: Finnish Cultural
Foundation, Research Foundation of the Helsinki University of Technology, Nokia
Foundation, Ulla Tuominen Foundation and the Helsinki University of Technology.
I thank these organizations for funding which allowed me to work full-time pursuing
my vision. Since the time it took for me to realize the work was much longer than
the time limit for receiving doctoral funding, I also see fit to extend my gratitude
to organizations which have hired me over the years and thus indirectly funded this
work. I am lucky to work in field where this is possible and even to some point
synergetic with the research.
Lastly, I thank everyone who has ever submitted a bug report to an open source
project.
Antti Kantee
November 2012