So ?
So does GNUStep , how does that = NeXT ,? all that proves is they both use Obj-C , you will find similar references in GNUStep and a variety of other Obj-C projects, not to mention one of the main points of NeXTSTEP was the programming interface (ie obj-c ) which apple also splatter with a mixture of C++ hooks etc etc just to add to thier uniformity (tm) .
OSX is incedentally based on Darwin NOT BSD , while Darwin maintains some of the underpinnings of BSD there are alot (tm) of differences .
Packaging incidentally ISNT the same as NeXT , while Apple use the concept of app bundles in OSX they also have a crap load of horrible symlinks and other such crud to provide a *nix compat. FSH also , and the OS itself uses a variety of methods to keep things happy between the user experienced app bundles, the systems lib bundles and non bundled applications and libraries .
Dale.
Michael JasonSmith wrote:
On Mon, 2004-08-09 at 16:21, Dale Anderson wrote:
OSX has some very LOOSE nexstep fundamentals ie some of the FSH and app
bundle concepts etc , but that's where the similarities end , OSX has a
different kernel/toolchain/FSH/GUI etc etc etc .
MacOS X has more in common with NeXT Step than any other operating system, MacOS 9 included. For example, look at the COCA Appliation Kit API[1] NSBrowser, NSPICTImageRep, NSCursor, NSSlider, NSTextâ What does the NS stand for? It ain't Standford University Network :)
At a more fundamental level, MacOS X is a variant of BSD running on a MACH microkernel, mich likeâ NeXT. True, its GUI system uses PDF, rather than Display PostScript, but the former is almost the same as the latter except for the absence of some of the standard PostScipt control structures and file-IO. As you nicely point out, the packaging system are also the same :P
It is not unknown for computer companies to perform "reverse takeovers". Be Inc took over Palm in much the same way as NeXT took over Apple[2].
[1] http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Java/ [2] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/06/25/be_inc_completes_takeover/
