Re: [WinMac] Re: Linux


Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Sun, 17 Jan 1999 08:30:33 -0700


CHoogendyk@aol.com wrote:

> The OS from NeXt had a real advantage because it WAS a microkernal
> architecture.

In fact, MKLinux and Next are both based on the same Mach microkernel, and I
read once that it was the MKLinux project at Apple that first drew Avie
Tevanian's interest, which is one of the seeds of the Apple:Next deal.

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