--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > sparaig wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > > > >> --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Steve Job's announced earlier today. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> The iPhone > > > >>> > > > >> Is it based on MacOS X like the Apple TV is, I wonder? THAT > would be a scaleable > > product. > > > >> > > > > It's > > > > > > > >> basically a tablet PC/phone combo sans handwriting > recognition, as far as I can tell. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > And yes it is. Apple's apparently now got a scalable MacOS X > that works from iPhones > > to > > > > servers. > > > More likely a form of Linux. They probably already have built a > version > > > of Linux that looks like the MacOS. They probably would have > gone with > > > Linux over Unix if SCO hadn't been scaring everyone. And they > would > > > have a lot more companies developing apps for the Mac too. > > > > > > > How's that GPL for value-added stuff linked to the libraries? > > > > > Many consumer electronics devices like this start out with a > small > > > implementation of Linux running a prototype. They may even ship > this > > > way and eventually everything is put into a chipset instead. > > > > > > > > > So you think it's really Linux even though Jobs explicitly claimed > it was MacOS X? > > > > > ************** > > The NYTimes tech columnist doesn't have any problem stating > unequivocally that the Iphone software is Mac OS X-based: > > http://www.nytimes.com/circuitsemail?8cir&emc=cir >
It's MacOS X, but is it FreeBSD UNIX? The helpd-wanted page for iPhone engieneers at apple is looking for someone with experience in MacOS X programming AND ARM (embedded processor) programming. As far as I know, there isn't a version of FreeBSD UNIX running on ARM processors, but I might be wrong.
