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Hi,
I have already visited and ordered MacOS X, will be getting it sometime
around Jan Feb 2001.
>> From http://www.apple.com/macosx/inside.html
>
> " The system's kernel, which
> does the heavy lifting to
> support all those rich
> applications, is based on Mach
> 3.0 from Carnegie-Mellon
> University and FreeBSD 3.2
> (derived from the University of
> California at Berkeley's BSD
> 4.4-Lite), the most highly
> regarded core technologies
> from two of the most widely
> acclaimed OS projects of the
> modern era..... "
Again, its just Darwin the kernel which is Mach based, Darwin being a
MicroKernel requires services, those are based on BSD to make it easier for
developers to port the existing services/create new services.
>
>
> Also look at
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/
>
>
>>> BTW, I hear that Mac OS X is based on *BSD code in many ways! Maybe, the
>>> Mac will take over the Windoze market once it so happens ... best of both
>>> worlds! :)
>> Nope, its just the Kernel thats Mach based, the rest is completely different
>> with portions which are POSIX compliant.
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