From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 17 9: 1:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 09:01:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from gw.nectar.com (gw.nectar.com [208.42.49.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A0037B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 09:01:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from hamlet.nectar.com (hamlet.nectar.com [10.0.1.102]) by gw.nectar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7DFA193E1; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:01:12 -0600 (CST) Received: (from nectar@localhost) by hamlet.nectar.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eBHH1Cu62497; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:01:12 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:01:12 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" To: Tony Finch Cc: Patryk Zadarnowski , SteveB , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel type Message-ID: <20001217110112.A62479@hamlet.nectar.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" , Tony Finch , Patryk Zadarnowski , SteveB , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200012160050.LAA97623@mycenae.jantar.org> <20001217001407.R30096@hand.dotat.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001217001407.R30096@hand.dotat.at>; from dot@dotat.at on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:14:07AM +0000 X-Url: http://www.nectar.com/ Sender: nectar@nectar.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:14:07AM +0000, Tony Finch wrote: > Patryk Zadarnowski wrote: > >Now that I think of it, there aren't many commercial microkernel > >systems out there with the possible exception of QNX and lots of > >little embedded toys. > > Mac OS X is based on Mach. Yes, but Mac OS X isn't Mach and it isn't a microkernel [*] -- it's a hybrid. -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org [*] For most, but perhaps not all, values of microkernel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message