Quoting Daniel O. Escasa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > ...Cringe is suggesting that Microsoft leave the DOS kernel behind, > and build everything on the Linux kernel from now on. I guess much > like Apple has built on the FreeBSD kernel for MacOS X.
A lot of people have been misled by Apple marketing material into believing that OS X is built on FreeBSD kernel code. It's not, except for borrowings from there by ex-Wind River employees at Appple to update the NeXTStep xnu kernel on which OS X _is_ based. http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2003-January/005429.html http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2003-January/005442.html http://zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2003-January/005443.html -- Cheers, I once successfully declined a departmental retreat, Rick Moen saying that on that day I planned instead to advance. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Alan J. Rosenthal, in the Monastery _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
