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From: jbs@fenchurch.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mach, Unix, and NeXT
Message-ID: <10298@eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: 18 Oct 88 15:40:30 GMT
References: <73275@sun.uucp>
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In article <73275@sun.uucp> swilson@sun.UUCP () writes:
>What is the scope of Mach?  Is it just the kernel, or does it
>include utilites as well?

The Mach distribution from CMU is based on 4.3 BSD for utilities and
part of the kernel.  The virtual-memory, multi-tasking, IPC, and
(mapped) I/O are completely new (i.e. not based on 4.3 at all).

Jeff Siegal