In article <1992Aug25.123854.26792@uwm.edu>, rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
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> roland@prep.ai.mit.edu (Roland McGrath) writes:
> >The GNU Project would like to find a volunteer to work on a
> >single-server for the Mach 3.0 microkernel based on Linux.

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> >Since AT&T's lawsuit, we can no longer rely on using BNR2SS, the
> >single-server based on the Berkeley Networking 2 release.

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> I thought the GNU Hurd was supposed to be a UN*X look-alike *itself*.
> This sounds very fishy, folks.

Here's the relevant bit from the June 92 GNUS Bulletin:
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   * Free Unix Emulator for Mach

     Randall Dean at CMU is finishing up a free BSD-based Unix emulator for
     Mach.  It does not yet run reliably, but if it does become robust well
     before the Hurd is ready we will probably use it to create an early,
     completely free GNU system.  We do not expect tape distribution of this
     emulator before the next issue of the GNUs Bulletin.  Please don't ask us
     about this project; we will make an announcement when it is ready.

     Roland McGrath is porting the GNU C library to work with this emulator.

     (Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.)
===============================================================================

Presumably, Randall's emulator has net/2 code in it, so the FSF want
to substitute bits of Linux instead. Sounds like a good idea: Linux
would then not only be an old-fashioned monolithic-kernel-style
Unix-clone but also form the basis of a next-generation microkernel
Unix system on top of Mach - this should please Andy Tanenbaum 8^).
Exactly how much code could be ported is questionable, I suppose.

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