From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 15:11:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6541A106566B for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:11:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E78568FC0C for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:11:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxe4 with SMTP id 4so3789130fxe.13 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:11:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=+VVzDwCLv8QVl9i1VuhcYxMy98HSKKu6+is72TkCR1k=; b=Oy9LN+6KXw7QMlg+9PCo0WXICk+nbKKVBZ9ofAH8DHTf652Gu2Cjv9EilPJYAZehBU q8VxKkV30tkFgRcvxmtQU4Nejfeet9gYfF9iSi/WLJfBmEmNNSU5yHvZVv5q81c2cQ1n noaMDo3JcUgbJMqJc8RPXoA82eILR8UKQPH48= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.55.205 with SMTP id v13mr2216228fag.88.1313939475638; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:11:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.120.72 with HTTP; Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:11:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <27081124F1EC4790981778923D271F59@harwood> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:11:15 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: A quality operating system X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:11:18 -0000 On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Daniel Staal wrote: > --As of August 20, 2011 7:01:07 PM -0700, Carl G Smith is alleged to have > said: > > I have heard that the OS X OS is based on FreeBSD. Is this true? >> > > --As for the rest, it is mine. > > Partially. It combines a mostly Mach kernel with some FreeBSD-derived > userland and interfaces, then adds a proprietary window manager and UI on > top of the rest. > > So the largest single source of code is probably FreeBSD, but neither the > kernel or the part most people interact with isn't. This is incorrect. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2008-August/003674.html -- Adam Vande More