In any case, Mac OS X and Android is not derived from the same codebase, no matter how far back one looks. Linux never shared any code with any flavour of UNIX. Android is derived from Linux, which is *inspired* by (but not sharing any code with) Minix, which in turn can be traced back to UNIX 6. Mac OS X (Darwin, that is) is derived from BSD which is an offshoot from UNIX 6. Even if there was shared code, the common point from which this code would originate is UNIX 6, which was released in 1976. In short: Android and "Mac" are derivatives, but not from the same things. They are not related. Not by blood, at any rate.
Technically, both OSX and BSD are slightly off topic for a Linux User Group. However, any code released under the BSD licences are re-licensable under GPL, so BSD is of at least a potential interest. OSX as a distribution isn't. Even if we widen the topic to FOSS in general, which, frankly, is a good idea since "Linux User Group" is a bit kernel-biased, OSX still is of no interest since the source is not only closed, but locked, barred and viciously guarded by rabid lawyers. Just my ¢2. Simon Vass <[email protected]> wrote: Forget cool, from my perspective it is about whether they are FOSS or not. Android isish, Mac isn't. End of discussion. IHMO. Both by the way are patent junkies so loose on that count. Simon Vass Managing Director E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 email: [email protected] skype: e-techservicedesk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Markhus" <[email protected]> To: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 12:57:21 PM Subject: Re: [LUG] Apple launches TV Android is cool Mac isn’t? Aren’t they both derivatives? Someone school me please. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grace Tuwangye Sent: 06 March 2012 12:41 To: Uganda Linux User Group Subject: Re: [LUG] Apple launches TV -1 On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Victor van Reijswoud < [email protected] > wrote: +1 On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Simon Vass < [email protected] > wrote: > +1 > > > > > Simon Vass > Managing Director > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > email: [email protected] > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kyle Spencer" < [email protected] > > To: "Uganda Linux User Group" < [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, 6 March, 2012 10:43:35 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Apple launches TV > > > This is pretty off-topic. > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:17 AM, Grace T < [email protected] > wrote: > > > Apple is set to release a new product soon (Google is not my friend > especially when am using a dumb android ) > > Speculators have pointed to an ipad 3, iPhone 5 > > My money is on Apple tv (and I stand to lose $50 - but after learning a few > things from wall street I did hedge my bet with a game of billiards, and golf > - where my chances of losing are close to nil) > > Ofcourse I might be wrong ( like on Saturday when I lost $80 to a fake > arsenal team) > >_____________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). 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