>> If [...], I submit you are running so close to the absolute maximum
>> performance your hardware can deliver that you do not want a
>> general-purpose OS like NetBSD
> Heh, why couldn't we be a general-purpose OS unleashing the absolute
> maximum performance of the hardware?

Because absolute maximum performance means as close to zero overhead as
possible.  That means cutting out *all* overhead that isn't absolutely
necessary to your task.  And *that* is inconsistent with being
general-purpose, with supporting doing other things than that task.

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