Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:24:33 -0600 From: Anthony Rubin <tonyr@generalsearch.net> To: Per Tore Larsen <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MacOS, not based on the Freebsd kernel? Message-ID: <00110712243304.00384@tonyr.office.generalsearch.net> In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E23@fernonorden.com> References: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E23@fernonorden.com>
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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
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