From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 29 13:46:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C13D16A40F for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com (mx00.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A6F043FE4 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:42:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) Received: from collaborativefusion.com (mx01.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.201]) (TLS: TLSv1/SSLv3,256bits,AES256-SHA) by wingspan with esmtp; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:42:21 -0400 id 00056440.451D22BD.0000F262 Received: from Internal Mail-Server (206.210.89.202) by mx01 (envelope-from wmoran@collaborativefusion.com) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 29 Sep 2006 09:40:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:42:20 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: toby.whaymand@ntlworld.com Message-Id: <20060929094220.109e6a4e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20060928203414.BVFM11710.aamtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com> References: <20060928203414.BVFM11710.aamtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@smtp.ntlworld.com> Organization: Collaborative Fusion X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i386-portbld-freebsd6.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Software before trying it 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: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:46:01 -0000 In response to toby.whaymand@ntlworld.com: > If the Mac uses BSD would that not mean that any one can use Mac > software on a PC-BSD... > > My mind is telling me that this is not possible so it be intresting to >know the reason behind it... to learn Please wrap lines around 72 chars. The primary reason is that the Mac uses a completely different GUI than any BSD does. A secondary reason is that the Mac does not use FreeBSD exactly, it uses bits and pieces, so it's not a 1:1 copy. However, there are lots of programs that were written for Linux/BSD that have easily been ported to the Mac, because the systems are so similar. It's a lot easier than porting software to Windows. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc.