The Computer History Museum has one of their long form interviews with Avie Tevanian, who led the creation of Mach (multiprocessor BSD) as his Ph.D project. (His faculty advisor went on to head Microsoft Research)
Next and Microsoft both sought to hire him, and he eventually went on to be in charge of the OS at Next and later Apple.
One of the topics he covered in the interview was how Next (and Apple) decided to use and contribute back to open sourced software at the lower levels of their stack.
He also covers what it was like to work for Steve Jobs.
Next and Microsoft both sought to hire him, and he eventually went on to be in charge of the OS at Next and later Apple.
One of the topics he covered in the interview was how Next (and Apple) decided to use and contribute back to open sourced software at the lower levels of their stack.
He also covers what it was like to work for Steve Jobs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCdKU9uYnE