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"At the same time, he did have SVP-level and VP-level people writing serious, core OS-level code themselves." I find this fascinating. How can I find out more
by teej 11y ago
"At the same time, he did have SVP-level and VP-level people writing serious, core OS-level code themselves."
I find this fascinating. How can I find out more? Which VPs? Which code?
- teacup50 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Serlet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Serlet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avie_Tevanian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avie_Tevanian Bertrand wrote malloc, top, and quite a bit of code at NeXT. Avie wrote Mac Missles! in the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir8H0NuPZRU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir8H0NuPZRU ... and, well, Mach: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~norm/508/2009W1/mach_usenix86.pdf ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/project/mach/doc/unpublished/exception.ps ... etc etc. Steve Jobs relied on extremely technically capable management that didn't just hand off understanding to their staff.