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I doubt Apple or NeXT would have ported their platform to Solaris (from BSD/Mach). it seems to me that BSD would have been Linux if Linux hadn't happened.
by Tloewald 9y ago
I doubt Apple or NeXT would have ported their platform to Solaris (from BSD/Mach). it seems to me that BSD would have been Linux if Linux hadn't happened.
- madkangas 9y agoActually, NeXT did just that. OPENSTEP ran on Mach, Solaris, HPUX, and (amazingly) Windows NT. It didn't make a difference for NeXT's market share. NeXT was acquired by Apple. 6 months later... Jobs was in charge, and history unfolded.
- Tloewald 9y agoOh of course you're right (/facepalm). But does/did Solaris have anything worthwhile to offer over BSD/Mach.