Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:41:28 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MAC OS X connection to FreeBSD? Message-ID: <17743.22440.901224.928843@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20061106151007.GD23884@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> References: <454E9F7B.5010105@outstep.com> <454EB6D6.3030807@infowest.com> <454EBEEC.1060002@u.washington.edu> <454F210C.9000602@outstep.com> <20061106151007.GD23884@Grumpy.DynDNS.org>
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David Kelly writes: > Yes, basically. FreeBSD is free for the taking, so Apple > took. Steve Jobs' NeXT team had a lot of familiarity with Mach, > so they took from there also too. A good number of well known > FreeBSD people now work for Apple, there are a number of FreeBSD > device drivers shipping with MacOS X. In the interest of perspective, it's worth noting this has not be a one-sided arrangement. Apple has contributed substantial debugging info and even blocks of code - often for the kind of boring/unglamorous stuff which doesn't get a lot of attention in mostly volunteer project. Robert Huff
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