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> > boost the BSDs and MacOS
>
> Now - just what is the point of the MacOS core now?
> I can't imagine why Apple ported DTrace to their
> crufty multi-layered kernel. I would have thought
> it cleaner all round to pop the userspace onto
> Solaris - they'd find their stuff an easier sell to
> longtime UNIX shops if they did, I'm sure, and their
> existing media and publications userbase wouldn't
> care at all.
Don't knock microkernels; didn't Sun play with one
once ("Spring")? :-) Even if they didn't use it,
supposedly they learned a thing or two in the process.
Not to mention that for awhile, they had the
_potentially_ coolest OS going (Chorus) in their
stable too.
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