From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 16 18:38:40 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 18:38:38 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from winston.osd.bsdi.com (winston.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.27.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5948437B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:38:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from winston.osd.bsdi.com (jkh@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winston.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eBH2bvw85116; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:37:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com) To: Patryk Zadarnowski Cc: Tony Finch , SteveB , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel type In-Reply-To: Message from Patryk Zadarnowski of "Sun, 17 Dec 2000 12:36:44 +1100." <200012170136.MAA99261@mycenae.jantar.org> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:37:56 -0800 Message-ID: <85112.977020676@winston.osd.bsdi.com> From: Jordan Hubbard Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > PS. Before this starts a flame war, let me say that I really believe > that MacOS X is a very good thing for everyone involved, although the > choice of Mach for the microkernel seems a little arbitrary if not > misguided. It's hardly arbitrary, though the jury's still out as to whether it's misguided or not. You may remember that Apple bought a little company called NeXT a few years back. Well, that company's people had a lot to do with the OS design of OS X and let's not forget the design of NeXTStep. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message