Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 20:29:28 +0900 From: Eitarou Kamo <e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacOS Message-ID: <40E69898.3040206@trio.plala.or.jp> In-Reply-To: <7E0F1AFE-CCDC-11D8-B2DB-000D93ACEE20@cran.org.uk> References: <40E1CAAD.3000303@minimum.se> <40E1CF00.2090601@netli.com> <1088557263.3528.102.camel@host-83-146-2-180.bulldogdsl.com> <72A1AE29-CA60-11D8-988E-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com> <9B616D82-CB28-11D8-9145-000D9335C6A0@yahoo.com.au> <40E40385.9030401@trio.plala.or.jp> <F694F50C-CB94-11D8-AFC7-00306544D642@mac.com> <40E4BA4E.4060007@trio.plala.or.jp> <CC369754-CC92-11D8-B156-0003933DDCFA@essenz.com> <40E676EA.3080001@trio.plala.or.jp> <7E0F1AFE-CCDC-11D8-B2DB-000D93ACEE20@cran.org.uk>
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Hi, Bruce Cran wrote: > > > No, Apple _does_ invest the money and time to create an x86 port: > http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/ > That is only the kernel and command-line utilities, there's no GUI > included. http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/arch_xnu.html provides a > good overview of the kernel. Apple did have a port of MacOS X to x86 > (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/09/02/apples_x86_os_named_sized/), > I would guess they were waiting to see which CPU they were going to > use after the G3, since Motorola were being a little slow in making > faster PowerPC CPUs. They were considering switching to an Intel-based > line; in the end they went with IBM and their PPC970, so I would think > it's fairly unlikely we'll now ever see a version (of the GUI) for x86. > > -- > Bruce Cran As for GUI, no problem. Apple will be able to add X.org one or other one with their DeskTop on the kernel ASAP, I guess. Eitarou -- *********************** Eitarou Kamo Tel. +81 75 7035997 Fax +81 75 7035997 VoIP 050 10585997(domestic only) e-mail e-kamo@trio.plala.or.jp For business: Feel free to mail me(above), please. Donation http://www.PayPal.Com GPG FingerPrint: 032D FDF9 D27B 23F7 9A81 BF4C 626C FBAA BC3A 9895 ************************************************************************
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