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Mach was created at CMU, and later development moved to the University of Utah. This work became the basis of the NeXT operating system, which then turned into
by BarbaryCoast 3y ago
Mach was created at CMU, and later development moved to the University of Utah. This work became the basis of the NeXT operating system, which then turned into Mac OSX.
So I'd call this a "viable reality".
PS -- I think you meant "GNU/Hurd", not "GNU Mach".
- wrs 3y agoExcept that in the process, Mach absorbed BSD and became a weird hybrid of the two. I worked on Mach as an undergrad at CMU when the BSD server was intended as a temporary expedient to port the Unix userland tools quickly. Instead, it made its way into the kernel.
- Ericson2314 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761195 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761195 Called something similar, "recidivism" which I think is a very apt word! We have to think critically about reform and how to have smooth/cheaper migrations without sloshing back and forth while making no progress.