Re: How do I get Xinu?

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From: David L Stevens
Date: Sat, 11 May 1991 18:24

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In article <1991May11.075817.15643@mtu.edu>, cdh@mtu.edu (Chris Hooper) writes:
> From what I know about Xinu (please correct me if I am wrong)
> it is another (almost) Unix clone along the lines of Minix.

	You're wrong. :-)

	Xinu has nothing at all to do with UNIX, other than that they are both
modern operating systems. The system call set, the implementation, etc are all
completely different. Xinu stands for:

	Xinu
	Is
	Not
	UNIX

	And it really isn't. :-)
-- 
					+-DLS  (dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)

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From: dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (David L Stevens)
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Subject: Re: How do I get Xinu?
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