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Linus doesn't have any experience with microkernels and BSD. Jordan Hubbard was a better hire in retrospect.
by beatle 15y ago
Linus doesn't have any experience with microkernels and BSD. Jordan Hubbard was a better hire in retrospect.
- nknight 14y agoThe "OS X uses a microkernel" myth needs to die. OS X's kernel, XNU, is based on a pre-3.0 version of Mach, which wasn't much of a microkernel to begin with, and neither Apple nor NeXT before it used Mach as a microkernel. You can't even realistically portray it as a hybrid.
- fpgeek 14y agoTrying to hire both wasn't an option?
- beatle 14y agoof course there's value in hiring Linus that's why Steve tried to hire him.