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From: bedney@lanl.gov (Bill Edney)
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Subject: Re: GNU Objective-C (Was: NeXTSTEP Licensing?)
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Date: 9 May 91 18:51:30 GMT
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> OSF is supposed to adopt Mach so I would anticipate a Mach AIX. I would
> have expected it to be here already, in fact. Does anyone know what is
> happening there?
From having talked to an IBM representative at a NeXT Developer's Camp, IBM is  
making another "brain-damaged" move. (Sorry for that Steveism). Even though  
they are a member of OSF and have licensed NeXTstep, they are going to continue  
to go with their own AIX kernel!! ("Too much investment of money in developing  
it", was the IBM rep's response.) This is part of the problem IBM is having in  
porting NeXTstep 2.0. The Workspace Manager in 2.0 relies heavily on Mach  
threads, which are not present in AIX. Now I hear that IBM is trying to fake  
Mach threads on top of the AIX kernel!! Why can't these people wake up and  
smell the coffee?!

- Bill Edney
- Los Alamos National Laboratory

"I don't speak for my employer and they don't speak for me. Kind of a nice  
arrangement."