From owner-freebsd-questions  Tue Nov  7 10:31: 4 2000
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from smtp.generalsearch.net (smtp.generalsearch.net [64.14.229.169])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D14B737B479
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Tue,  7 Nov 2000 10:30:06 -0800 (PST)
Received: from tonyr.office.generalsearch.net (unknown [63.109.63.65])
	by smtp.generalsearch.net (Postfix) with SMTP
	id 7F37CFEE3; Tue,  7 Nov 2000 12:29:22 -0600 (CST)
From: Anthony Rubin <tonyr@generalsearch.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:24:33 -0600
X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.1.99]
Content-Type: text/plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
To: Per Tore Larsen <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com>,
	"'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
References: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E23@fernonorden.com>
In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E23@fernonorden.com>
Subject: Re: MacOS, not based on the Freebsd kernel?
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <00110712243304.00384@tonyr.office.generalsearch.net>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk
X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG

On Tuesday 07 November 2000 11:27 am, Per Tore Larsen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Found some news on Tomshardware and zdnn.com that made me think.
> Here's the quote:
>
> On the question to fitting a x86 cpu from AMD on the Mac, instead of the
> PowerPC G4 chip:
>
> "Rebuilding the kernel would not be too difficult because Mac OS X is built
> on the same Mach kernel that NeXT used," he said. NeXT Software Inc.'s
> OpenStep operating system ran on x86 hardware."
>
> What? Isn't the Mac OS kernel based on the FreeBSD (or at least the
> BSD kernel)??
> Are Steve Jobs so afraid of mentioning that they have gotten their ide from
> the BSD community because of the Linux hype that's going through the
> world today?
> Why mentioning the OpenStep operating system at all???
>
>
> Links:
> http://www6.tomshardware.com/technews/technews-20001104.html#0147
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2649969,00.html
>
>
> PeTe
>
>
>
>
> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

From my understanding it uses FreeBSD's userland with the Mach kernel and 
Apple's Aqua interface.
-- 
Anthony Rubin
GeneralSearch.Com, Inc.
tonyr@generalsearch.net


To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message