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From: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Mac Mach ???
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Date: 17 Jul 90 04:01:58 GMT
References: <1234600045@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> <5126@castle.ed.ac.uk> <IabDUi200UzxI2MYpS@andrew.cmu.edu> <5148@castle.ed.ac.uk>
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In article <5148@castle.ed.ac.uk> tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes:
#In article <IabDUi200UzxI2MYpS@andrew.cmu.edu> ml10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael A. Libes) writes:
#>    MacMach is not currently being distributed.  There are some users
#>here at CMU, but the distribution rights are owned by Apple.  I don't
#>know what their plans are for the product.
#
#	Well I can guess. They'll bury it. They'll sit on it. Maybe use some
#of it to enhance AUX but continue to screw the users for a fortune to get that.
#What else can you expect from an enemy of free software. Or maybe I'm just a
#cynic. 
#	I guess our only hope is to find out who in Apple is responsible
#for the software and campaign to get Apple to release it to users.
#		Tony

Hear ye, hear ye!  We want Mach!  I agree wholeheartedly with most of the
above comments.  This sounds like some serious development.  What are the
downsides to Mac Mach?  It sounds like a better product than A/UX from
previous article's descriptions.  Give us more information!



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