Thanks, Tim! I was under the impression that OS/X is based on Unix
the same way NT is based on VMS. I don't have access to any of the
Apple hardware, but knowing the history, I wasn't sure what should
I think of OS/X. Thanks again for a nice clarification.
On 2003.08.26 21:59, Tim Gorman wrote:
> According to "http://developer.apple.com"...
>
> ============================================
>
> Q. What is Darwin?
>
> A. Darwin is a version of the BSD UNIX operating system that offers advanced
> networking, services such as the Apache web server, and support for both
> Macintosh and UNIX file systems. It was originally released in March 1999.
> Darwin currently runs on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, and is being
> ported to Intel processor-based computers and compatible systems by the
> Darwin community.
>
> Q. How does Darwin relate to Mac OS X?
>
> A. Darwin is the core of Mac OS X. All software built for Darwin should be
> able to run unmodified on Mac OS X. However, because Darwin by itself does
> not encompass all of the features of Mac OS X, software that depends on
> higher-level features of Mac OS X (such as the Cocoa and Carbon toolkits)
> will not run on a stand-alone Darwin system.
>
>
>
>
> on 8/26/03 3:19 PM, Mladen Gogala at mladen_at_wangtrading.com wrote:
>
> > Define "based"?
> >
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> > AFAIK, Apples unix is based on [Open|Free]BSD as well.
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