[comp.arch] The NeXT machine

dpm@cs.cmu.edu (David Maynard) (10/13/88)

>       The big question of the day: how stable is Mach?  Until
>       relatively recently, Mach was a reseach OS.  Has NeXT
>       had time to get all the kinks out?

Mach has been used for production computing on literally hundereds of machines
here at CMU for some time now.  (That isn't to say that the Mach people aren't
still making big improvements and enhancements.)

I've also heard (rumors) that NeXT has made several file system improvements to
Mach.  Judging from the announcement of NFS support it sounds like the rumors
may be true.

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David P. Maynard (dpm@cs.cmu.edu)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA  15213
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Any opinions expressed are mine only.  I haven't asked the ECE or CS
departments, or CMU what they think.
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