[SATLUG] Pokes at Microsoft Part III

Al Castanoli afcasta at texas.net
Thu Mar 8 21:42:40 CST 2007


On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 08:52 -0600, pixelnate wrote:
> Al Castanoli wrote:
> >
> > We had to buy MachTen, but it was a commercially available
> > UNIX that ran on the Motorola 680x0 processor, and was based on the
> > Carnegie Mellon Mach kernel that OS X uses.

> Actually, you have it backwards, Al. The OSX microkernel is based on the 
> MachTen v2 kernel. Otherwise, the post was spot on.

> ~Nate

I'll admit that was poorly worded... MachTen and OS X are both based on
the Carnegie Mellon Mach microkernel.

Al Castanoli




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