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by flomo 34 days ago
They did a serious technical evaluation of MS WinNT. They also obviously knew about Linux. Sources: same as yours.
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pjmlp 34 days ago
To the point Apple had their own Linux distro for a little while, MkLinux.
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flomo 34 days ago
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.
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pjmlp 34 days ago
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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flomo 34 days ago
Yup.
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