Re: Mach vs. NT?

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From: John Clark
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 01:59

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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.

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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From: clark@synergy.encinitas.ca.us (John Clark)
Subject: Re: Mach vs. NT?
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