Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!prism!dali.cc.gatech.edu!ken From: ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach Subject: Re: How many machines running Mach? Message-ID: <28119@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 5 May 91 00:08:17 GMT References: <1991May4.165329.25624@risky.ecs.umass.edu> Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU Reply-To: ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) Distribution: comp Organization: The House Of Fun Lines: 23 In article <1991May4.165329.25624@risky.ecs.umass.edu> breck@risky.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes: > > No details about how much Mach will be in SCO's OSF, how >this effort will affect the OSF standard or whether OSF plans to >upgrade to Mach 3.0 in OSF/2. > Two things: 1) You can't do OSF/1 without Mach. They are one in the same. 2) No one, especially OSF, has said much of anything about OSF/2. The implication that OSF will or must go to Mach 3.0 in OSF/2 is pure speculation, and spreading such rumours is at best irresponsible. Indeed, OSF has mentioned several posibilities, most notably going with an Ameoba-like kernel down the road. Why don't we worry about getting a solid OSF/1 release before we start speculating about the Next Generation.... -- ken seefried iii "I'll have what the gentleman ken@dali.cc.gatech.edu on the floor is having..."