From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Feb 24 21:19:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from oak.he.net (oak.he.net [216.218.136.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7243E37BE20 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:19:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from enrico@oak.he.net) Received: (from enrico@localhost) by oak.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) id VAA03779; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:19:16 -0800 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 21:19:16 -0800 From: enrico To: Terry Lambert Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD mention in "The Register" Message-ID: <20000224211916.D15416@benzo.org> References: <200002250241.TAA11620@usr02.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <200002250241.TAA11620@usr02.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 02:41:00AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert is rumored to have said: # FreeBSD was mentioned as the basis for the Mac OS X: # # http://www.theregister.co.uk/000224-000014.html # # near the bottom: # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # MacOS X's FreeBSD microkernel-based architecture makes it an ideal # basis for a high-stable (if hi-fis and VCRs don't crash, neither can # consumer electronics Net appliances) yet compact (store it in Flash # RAM) appliance OS. Just add a cut-back Mac GUI and you're away. # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MacOS X is based on BSD 4.4 (on top of a Mach microkernel), NOT FreeBSD. Same roots, though. :) # Maybe they are calling FreeBSD a microkernel after seen the # size of a Windows 2000 "minumal installation"? 8-). heh. PicoBSD comes to mind by comparison. ;) --ec To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message