Comment by flomo
3 hours ago
They did a serious technical evaluation of MS WinNT. They also obviously knew about Linux. Sources: same as yours.
3 hours ago
They did a serious technical evaluation of MS WinNT. They also obviously knew about Linux. Sources: same as yours.
To the point Apple had their own Linux distro for a little while, MkLinux.
Checked this on wikipedia, and MkLinux came out after they bought Next. ("The mach kernel company"). But obviously everyone in this space knew about Linux.
Yes, before they decided what "Mac OS the Copland replacement" would actually look like.
This was during the fight for survival phase.
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