Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 22:53:36 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@freebsd.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Interesting Comment about Mac OS X Message-ID: <20020219225335.U48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
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Interesting remark in the last sentence I quote. I'm sure there are elements of NeXt in there, but I don't think that statement is accurate. Last I knew, Mac OS X was primarily BSD-based, specifically, FreeBSD. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&u=/nm/20020220/tc_nm/tech_be_microsoft_dc_5 Be Sues Microsoft for 'Destruction' of Business Tue Feb 19, 8:11 PM ET By Scott Hillis SEATTLE (Reuters) - Be Inc. , the failed maker of a computer operating system hailed by some as an elegant rival to Microsoft Corp.'s dominant Windows platform, said on Tuesday it is suing the software giant for allegedly destroying its business through anti-competitive practices. [snip] Gassee, according to the book "Apple Confidential," wanted $200 million. Apple eventually bought Next, a company started by Steve Jobs (news - web sites), Apple's co-founder and former chief executive, for $400 million. The Next operating system now powers Apple's newest computers in the form of Mac OS X (news - web sites). [snip] -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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