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Subject: Re: key differences between Darwin & FreeBSD; Darwin & Mac OSX ?
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On Thursday 14 December 2006 19:47, Nathan Vidican wrote:
> I know there there may be more appropriate places to post and/or ask,
> and I'm not asking for an advanced technical difference in terms of code
> or anything... but does anyone know some of the key differences between
> Darwin and FreeBSD, and/or the differences between Darwin and Mac OSX ?
> What does darwin offer that FreeBSD doesn't? Similarily, what does OSX
> offer that Darwin doesn't?
>
> Any ideas, comments, suggestions, rtfm-referrals, and or links would be
> greatly appreciated.

Google will give you any number of discussions on this subject.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)