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chanson@mtlookitthat.chi.il.us (Chris Hanson) writes:
>00bwanderson@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu (Bruce Anderson) writes:
>] Second, is the OS available for the Macintosh?

>Yes and no.  It's available because CMU (from what I've heard -- some
>of this info's really old and probably has changed) will be releasing
>MacMach with the UNIX emulator and everything free or real cheap.  The
>problem is that it requires an AT&T ****ing source code license because

CMU used BSD 4.3 to build MacMach, which requires an AT&T license. CMU
was planning last summer to release it for $100 on CD to people who had
such licenses (i.e. some .edu and .com sites). It would not be available
to anyone else. They were also working on a BSD 4.4 (AT&T-free) version.

In light of the AT&T-BSDI suite, I believe CMU has scuttled all BSD 4-4-based
work. I don't know what ever happened to the 4.3-based one, but having used
a late beta of it, I can honestly say that nobody is missing anything.

If you want Mach or BSD, go with Tenon's product. It's been well received
by reviewers (not including me) and runs on all Macs. It is also BSD 4.3-based
and I expect the CMU version would have cost as much once licensing was
done. And Tenon's is much better executed (I haven't used it, but have read 
reviews, and I know what CMU's did--or didn't--do).

Mark L
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