On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:38 PM, Stephen E. Bodnar <sbod...@gci.net> wrote:
>> The opnly other one I'm familiar with is HP's HPUX, which was a frankenunix >> cobbled together from the corpses of HP's original workstation versions >> (based on System V) and Apollo's (based on BSD) when HP swallowed them up. >> <shudder> Burn it. Burn it with fire! Commands were an unpredicatble mix of >> BSD and SysV syntax. >> > > And, believe it or not, there was a time (mid-90's) when Apple was actually > developing their own flavor of linux, called MKLinux. I'd plumb forgot about that! And now I remember it was that project which caught the eye of one Avi Tevanian, who was an OS programmer who had graduated from the CS program at Carnegie, where the concept of a mickrokernel-based unix had originated (which is what the 'MK' part stood for), and he brought it to the attention of his boss, a guy named Steve, who had had a passing involvement with Apple at one time… -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
