The Mac GUI sits on top of OS X/Darwin/FreeBSD similar to the way X-Windows
or Gnome or KDE sits on top of other UNIXs/Linuxs...
on 8/26/03 8:59 PM, Mladen Gogala at mgogala_at_adelphia.net wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>> Tanel.
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