Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 00:19:47 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com>, "a brody" <abrody@smart.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Where is Mac OS X in your ports page? Message-ID: <000501c0e67d$690f8860$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <3B1064D1.C1EE3C@iowna.com>
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I agree with Bill but let me point out that the Whistle Interjet is also a commercial project that was built on FreeBSD, and it has mention on the FreeBSD website. (although not on that particular page) While the URL is the wrong place for MacOS X, I think that it's hypocritical to completely ignore it's existence on http://www.freebsd.org yet at the same time mention so many other commercial projects that grew out of FreeBSD. The connection _should_ be mentioned somewhere - after all Apple listed FreeBSD 3.X specifically on it's website for at least a _year_ in connection with MacOS X. This is, after all, not something that we should be ashamed of, regardless of anyones personal feelings about Mac's, but rather quite the reverse. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bill Moran >Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 7:22 PM >To: a brody >Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Where is Mac OS X in your ports page? > > >a brody wrote: >> >> Dear FreeBSD, >> Technically isn't Mac OS X a PowerPC port of FreeBSD? >> I would think it belongs here: > >I think that if you check your sources, you'll find that OSX isn't quite >"a port of FreeBSD" >First off, it doesn't even use the FreeBSD kernel, it uses Mach (unless >I'm misinformed). >And while it has a lot of code from the FreeBSD project in it, it really >is its own animal. I think some of the more serious hackers on the >FreeBSD project (as well as some of those involved with Darwin) could >give you a plethora of technical reasons why OSX is not FreeBSD. > >Mainly, however, would be that it's not supported and developed by the >FreeBSD project, so it really doesn't have any place on the web page. > >-Bill > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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