From: cmenser@nyx.cs.du.edu (Charles Menser) Subject: Re: GNU kids on the block? (sorry... couldn't resist) Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 15:14:12 GMT
In article <1992Aug25.123854.26792@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
>roland@prep.ai.mit.edu (Roland McGrath) writes:
>>The GNU Project would like to find a volunteer to work on a
>>single-server for the Mach 3.0 microkernel based on Linux.
>
>QUESTION: What exactly *is* a "single-server"?
>
>[...]
>>Since AT&T's lawsuit, we can no longer rely on using BNR2SS, the
>>single-server based on the Berkeley Networking 2 release.
>[...]
>
>I thought the GNU Hurd was supposed to be a UN*X look-alike *itself*.
>This sounds very fishy, folks.
I think they (FSF) are looking for an interim step, someone was already
working on a free BSD server for Mach 3.0. Then the death star descended.
It look like they are covering their bets, until the suit is resolved.
>
>Rick Miller <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>