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- From: clark@synergy.encinitas.ca.us (John Clark)
- Subject: Re: Mach vs. NT?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.015931.8891@synergy.encinitas.ca.us>
- Organization: Synergy Microsystems, Inc. CA. USA
- References: <Bz0vGv.38x@eis.calstate.edu> <J8DNVB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> <5ceb4a29.cb12@dabo.citi.umich.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 01:59:31 GMT
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- In article <5ceb4a29.cb12@dabo.citi.umich.edu> Jim.Rees@umich.edu writes:
- +>In article <J8DNVB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com>, wjg@bluemoon.use.com (william grimm) writes:
- +>
- +> And, I believe MS hired the
- +> developer of Mach- not sure about this, though.
- +>
- +>I don't know if you really want to say that Rashid is "the" developer of
- +>Mach. Certainly many other people worked on it too. But my understanding
- +>is that he is head of the research lab at Microsoft and had little to do
- +>with Windows NT.
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- For a comparison, Microsoft has had a 'un*x' source license since V7, but DOS
- never has even come close, either externally or internally. So the fact
- that a major 'mach' contributor is on staff probably bears little significance
- to eventual products. (who knows, there may be a chorus line in the offing..)
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