From: Ken Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mac OS X Server and RealServer
> From: David Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Mac OS X Server and RealServer
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> As I understand it, Mac OS X Server is based on BSD 4.4... with that in
> mind, shouldn't it be able to run a BSD version of RealServer G2?
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As an interested party but a non-user, I would want to see it run
first-hand. The key phrase is "based on." Hopefully Mac OS X Server is
truer to the original than a TV movie "based on" a true story.... Caveat
"webmastor", so to speak.
Notice the "close but not quite" phrases ("roughly", "UNIX-style", "most of
the POSIX APIs") in a few excerpts from
http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/pdf/MacOSXServer-FAQ-c.pdf:
(page 2) "Mac OS X Server is based on a Mach microkernel that roughly
corresponds to Mach 2.5. This microkernel is integrated with an
implementation of BSD 4.4 to provide a full UNIX-style operating
environment."
(page 2) "Mac OS X Server is built on UNIX technologies, implementing most
of the POSIX APIs,
which makes it easy to port UNIX applications, particularly those from a BSD
heritage. The main exception is applications with a graphical user
interface, because Mac OS X Server doesn't include the X Window System UI
toolkits. Mac OS X Server is built around a graphical interface, unlike
traditional UNIX systems that rely on the command line."
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