It all depends on the extend of the mockery here.

All this discussion above is missing the point about owning and watching TV. The key differentiation factor nowadays is not content or interface ! These have become commodities, so a Google TV will bring nothing new to the market, except that I can now use all Google Android apps from my TV set...meh ! The fundamental factor is that nothing revolutionary has happened to way we watch and interact with our tv sets since...ever ! A Tv set nowadays is not about how many channels I have, nowadays is about how big it is and picture and sound quality...so think about it, who in the industry is more concerned about picture and sound quality ? Apple and uncle Steve (R.I.P.) have been thinking about this problem and they will bring something to market that will change the game completely, think about a Human User Interface where you could talk to your tv (Siri) and use 3D gestures to control the TV set, something like that will bring people in front of the TV again and make it fun to use...as for the content Apple already has it via iTunes.

The man is clearly grumpy about all of the success of Linux had, and he surely knew that was giving an interview to a Linux supporting website, which leads me to believe that this was a flame war that he was clearly looking for, in any case, the Slashdot community picked it up (maybe just like he predicted) and people are talking about Minix again, which is good for him ! Nevertheless, he does make a point in micro kernels being more stable and reliable, an important buzzword in the embedded community, specially if you're into the safety-critical development tree like me. I'm now more tempted than ever to evaluate Minix as low cost alternative to the Green Hills, QNX and Wind River options. This interview was probably god send for him. !