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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 2000 11:01:12 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
To:        Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
Cc:        Patryk Zadarnowski <pat@jantar.org>, SteveB <admin@bsdfan.cncdsl.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kernel type
Message-ID:  <20001217110112.A62479@hamlet.nectar.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001217001407.R30096@hand.dotat.at>; from dot@dotat.at on Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:14:07AM %2B0000
References:  <admin@bsdfan.cncdsl.com> <200012160050.LAA97623@mycenae.jantar.org> <20001217001407.R30096@hand.dotat.at>

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On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:14:07AM +0000, Tony Finch wrote:
> Patryk Zadarnowski <pat@jantar.org> 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


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