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>Torvalds rips into Mac OS X
>By Will Knight, ZDNet (UK)
>April 6, 2001 11:56 AM PT
>The forthcoming autobiography from Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux
>operating system and figurehead of the open-source move "Frankly, I think
>it's a piece of crap," Torvalds writes of Mach, the microkernel on which
>Apple's new operating system is base
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>Torvalds' comments promise to upset not just Apple fanatics but also some
>quarters of the free software movement. The Mach micr
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>The criticism comes in a chapter of "Just for Fun" where Torvalds tells
>that, on arrival in Silicon Valley in early 1997, Apple
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>The remarks will particularly sting Apple because the company has widely
>publicized the fact that the core of its new operating
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>The Mach microkernel was created at Carnegie Mellon University in 1985 and
>has been incorporated into a number of commercial op
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>OS X has not been unanimously applauded since its launch. Shortly after it
>was released to the public two weeks ago, users ques
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>Torvalds writes that, even back in 1997, he foresaw compatibility problems
>between the new operating system and older applicati
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>According to Torvalds, Jobs assumed Torvalds would be interested in
>joining Apple's mission to capture more of the PC market fr
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>Apple representatives were not immediately available for comment.
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>Staff writer Will Knight reported from London.




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