“Linus Torvald is less than complimentary about Mach, the Mac OS
X kernel is in his forthcoming autobiography: Just for Fun: The
Story of an Accidental Revolutionary.”
[Says Linus:] “All of the interesting stuff in OS X is actually
outside the kernel: what makes Macs special is not the OS (which
historically has had tons of design problems, even more so than
Mach ever has — so OS X is bound to be a big leap forward), but
the UI and the ease of use. Which has very little indeed to do with
Mach.”
“Following the “simply misquotes”, Torvalds has been flamed by
Mac fanatics – no surprise there, then. But it confirms his belief
that people should form their own opinions and refuse to take what
Barr calls “tech luminaries” too seriously.”