> Re; a bit off subject but my question is that if OSX mac and windows XP are > both unix based,will this in turn lead to easier cross platform exchange? or > are they still going to be so different between PC's and MAC's that > gibberish to nothing results without emulators as it has been? thankyou in > advance for your opinion.
XP is not unix based... It is built on top of a custom kernel developed at microsoft (windows NT, then 2000, now xp). The only unix code in XP/2000 is some BSD code for its network stack- everything else is proprietary. MacOS X =is= a unix, with mach (developed at carnegie mellon) running as the kernel (low-level services) with a BSD subsystem running on top of that. They're still very, very different. OS X is now much more like linux, solaris, etc... NT, 2000 and XP are in their own world. As a side note, I was really surprised as the stability of an XP system I saw the other day... NT3 I thought was very stable, but v4 on was just awful for me, although 2000 wasn't that bad... I have to give some kudos to MS on that one, it'll be really hard for mac people to diss it, and hopefully will keep apple on it's toes. -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
