From: lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) Subject: Re: GNU seeks volunteer to write Linux single-server for Mach 3.0 Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 04:42:10 GMT
In article <ROLAND.92Aug24194541@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> linux-ss@gnu.ai.mit.edu 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.
>
>We want to use Mach, so straight Linux isn't what we are looking for.
>But Linux as a Unix emulator, running on top of Mach, could be just
>the thing to let us work on Mach development with nothing but free
>software. We could also use it to release a complete free Mach-based
>system soon.
What advantage does Mach have over straight Linux?
Is it worth loosing the simplicity and smallness of the Linux
kernel for it? The Mach systems I've seen have bigger kernel's than
Linux, and thats not counting the servers.
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