[News/Linux] Apple and OSF Announces Linux for PowerMac (fwd)
Andrew Newton
newton at ibm.net
Tue Feb 6 19:44:32 EST 1996
This got sent out over the Caldera mailing list. I thought it
interesting enough to send it here.
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> Subject: [News/Linux] Apple and OSF Announces Linux for PowerMac
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> Monday, February 05, 1996
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> APPLE AND OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE LINUX FOR POWER MACINTOSH
>
> From: PR Newswire
>
> /FROM PR NEWSWIRE LOS ANGELES 213-626-5500/
> TO BUSINESS EDITOR:
>
> APPLE AND OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE LINUX FOR POWER MACINTOSH
>
> Leading User-Supported Version Of UNIX To Be Available To Power
> Macintosh Users
>
> CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer, Inc.
> (Nasdaq: AAPL) announced today that it is supporting a project with the
> Open Software Foundation (OSF) to port Linux, a freely distributed
> version of UNIX, to a variety of Power Macintosh products. This version
> of Linux operates on the OSF Mach microkernel which will be running
> natively on the PowerPC microprocessor. The announcement was made at
> the Conference on Freely Redistributable Software held in Cambridge. A
> demo of an early prototype was shown as part of the announcement.
> "This is part of Apple's overall effort to embrace more open
> industry standards, particularly those popular in the Internet
> community," said Ike Nassi, vice president of Apple system software
> technologies. "This software will be particularly popular with Mac
> users in higher education as well as the scientific research communities
> who have asked for our support of Linux."
> "We are pleased to be working with Apple on this important new port
> of the Mach microkernel, now hosting the popular Linux environment,"
> said Ira Goldstein, executive vice president and chief scientist of the
> Open Software Foundation. "We have a strong working relationship with
> Apple and this is an important result of our cooperation."
> Linux is a broadly used version of UNIX supported by a wide
> community of programmers. Linux provides UNIX features such as true
> multitasking, virtual memory, shared libraries, demand loading, TCP/IP
> networking and many other advanced features. Versions of Linux are
> being ported to a wide variety of platforms, including other PowerPC-
> based computers. This effort marks the first time that Linux will be
> hosted on the Mach microkernel. (For more information, visit the Linux
> Web site at http://www.linux.org)
> Linux on Power Macintosh will be especially significant in several
> of Apple's key markets, particularly the higher education and scientific
> communities. With Linux a student will have an extremely low-cost, yet
> high-performance PowerPC-based UNIX system for personal use. Advanced
> research that requires UNIX applications will now be possible on an
> engineer's personal Macintosh.
> "As a long time Linux user, I am absolutely delighted about the
> announcement of Linux on Power Macintosh," said Professor George
> Blumenthal, chair of the astronomy & astrophysics department at Lick
> Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz. "Now Macs will have
> a dual personality, in the best sense of the word; on the one hand they
> will allow users to exploit the ever popular and easy to use Macintosh
> software, while on the other hand, they now provide a platform that
>
> appears virtually identical to the UNIX machines that many of us use
> daily in our work."
> Linux for Power Macintosh adds a new UNIX alternative for PowerPC
> systems to existing products such as AIX from IBM and MachTen from Tenon
> Intersystems. This gives Macintosh users a range of options from a
> free, user supported UNIX implementation up to commercial, mission
> critical solutions for large enterprises.
> In keeping with the spirit of the Linux community, Apple and OSF
> will make the source code for this Linux port freely available. This
> includes source code to the Mach microkernel and the required Macintosh
> platform driver support. Linux is distributed throughout the world over
> the Internet and other means, generally through the GNU General Public
> License, which allows people to use it and change it so long as no
> further restrictions are imposed and that the source code is made
> available.
> Apple and OSF expect that the first port of Linux for Power
> Macintosh will be available this summer. The system will initially
> support the first generation of Power Macintosh computers based on NuBus
> expansion, and will later be extended to PCI-based Power Macs as well as
> the upcoming PowerPC Platform (formerly CHRP.) Apple will post
> information regarding this version of Linux on its WWW site
> (http://www.mklinux.apple.com) Apple expects to make the software
> available at this location as well.
> This project is an outcome of Apple's ongoing relationship with OSF
> (http://www.osf.org), which includes consulting work for Copland, the
> next major release of the Mac OS. The Linux port provides Apple an open
> environment for OS research work, as well as enabling an exciting new
> opportunity for Power Macintosh users. This port delivers both the Mach
> 3.0 microkernel (developed by the OSF Research Institute) and Linux as
> an OS "personality" on Mach. The OSF microkernel was originally
> developed at Carnegie Mellon as Mach and subsequently enhanced
> extensively by the OSF Research Institute.
> Additional Related World Wide Web Sites:
> -- http://www.tenon.com
> -- http://www.ibm.com
>
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> NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Power Macintosh, and Macintosh are
> registered trademarks, and Mac, Mac OS, and PowerMac are trademarks of
> Apple Computer, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. in
> the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through
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> X/Open Company, Ltd. PowerPC is a trademark of the International
> Business Machines Corporation, used under license therefrom. NuBus is a
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