RoughlyDrafted: Unraveling The Mac OS X Linux Kernel Myth: Part 1 | Linux Today

RoughlyDrafted: Unraveling The Mac OS X Linux Kernel Myth: Part 1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2006

“This myth certainly isn’t new at all, but there’s been such a
flurry of rampant speculation about kernel changes in Leopard that
Apple’s Dr. Ernest Prabhakar, the product manager for Mac OS X,
recently took the unusual step of pointing out the difference
between speculation and fact.

“This myth is of the wishful thinking type; the promise of extra
speed sounds like a good thing, and who doesn’t like Linux?
Everyone talks about it, and the big guns are behind it…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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