From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 6 15:32: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from gw.nectar.com (gw.nectar.com [208.42.49.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD57137B4CF for ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from hamlet.nectar.com (hamlet.nectar.com [10.0.1.102]) by gw.nectar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE122192A7; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:32:00 -0600 (CST) Received: (from nectar@localhost) by hamlet.nectar.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) id eA6NW0E19793; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:32:00 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from nectar@spawn.nectar.com) Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 17:32:00 -0600 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" To: Heredity Choice Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft Source (fwd) Message-ID: <20001106173200.C19456@hamlet.nectar.com> References: <20001105170419.O5112@fw.wintelcom.net> <000201c04837$07d4ed90$66c6ddd1@STORK> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <000201c04837$07d4ed90$66c6ddd1@STORK>; from stork@QNET.COM on Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 01:17:55PM -0800 X-Url: http://www.nectar.com/ Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 01:17:55PM -0800, Heredity Choice wrote: > At least I don't think so, but I once read that WINNT uses the Mach > microkernel, which has a license very similar to the GPL. Can anybody > comment? Windows NT has ever used the Mach kernel. You probably read some comparisons between the design of the Windows NT Executive and the Mach kernel -- the latter because Mach was/is the best-known microkernel system. The Windows NT Executive is not a microkernel, but more of a hybrid, much like Darwin is (although Darwin actually _does_ use Mach code). -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message