Hello, [snip] > > At the time that Hurd was envisioned, Mach was expected to be ported > *everywhere,* > and it was expected that it would be made extremely efficient, and there > would be > a substantial population of grad students familiar with it. Unfortunately > (arguably), the IBM Workplace OS project failed, and Mach development efforts > became something of a "hot potato" that finally was laid to rest at > University of > Utah. They now really care about FluxOS (which, encouragingly, just recently > had > a new release), and it is likely only Hurd development that is both modern and > dependent on Mach. What about the NextStep/MacOS thing (MacOS X?)? Isn't it supposed to be based on some version of Mach? Isn't BeOS also based on a multiserver/microkernel? Are these projects not Mach or not modern?
> There have been thoughts of moving Hurd to use L4 or its successor (whose name > escapes me). It seems more sensible to actually get Hurd working and useful > first. What are L4 and its successor (whose name escaped you :)? What do they add? Where are their home pages? Excellent thread, by the way. Robert de Forest (a lurker no longer)
