On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:08:35 -0600 (CST), "The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A.  
Gatwood]" <davagatw@Mars.utm.edU> wrote:
>  Also, the ability of Mach to run multiple servers would, in
> theory, allow one to basically run two OS'es side-by-side, for instance
> Linux and NetBSD... or eventually... MacOS and NetBSD.

Assuming you got Mach-US working...  the code base is annoyingly different.

> Another advantage of Mach: no booter coding.  :-)  And who knows...
> NetBSD-mach may be darn-near hopeless.  If so, I'll look at a monolithic
> possibility.  No matter what, though, this will be an interesting
> experiment in coding.  :-)

The theory is that Mach based OS are multipart.  Reality is that most look  
extremely monolithic to the uninitiated.

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