Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:14:51 -0500 From: Ryan Coleman <editor@d3photography.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: A quality operating system Message-ID: <839D32A2-C8E9-4B0E-974F-A1A623414BD8@d3photography.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BtpaK2HdXn%2BC0=dqki3s_9tEKm9RGiHPgcOAzPZnyW87gPMpw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAC1X_0bP8SeyqMaR68AQPMzT%2Br-isv4h0bJPdtaF3377bQ%2BajQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcMDTVO2-zmiimSp60tFLtpiR7Dcd8kqvbzKQXS7OsLMPA@mail.gmail.com> <27081124F1EC4790981778923D271F59@harwood> <F0200A1CFD8384CAC82DC9A4@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <CA%2BtpaK2HdXn%2BC0=dqki3s_9tEKm9RGiHPgcOAzPZnyW87gPMpw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Aug 21, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote: >=20 >> --As of August 20, 2011 7:01:07 PM -0700, Carl G Smith is alleged to = have >> said: >>=20 >> I have heard that the OS X OS is based on FreeBSD. Is this true? >>>=20 >>=20 >> --As for the rest, it is mine. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> So the largest single source of code is probably FreeBSD, but neither = the >> kernel or the part most people interact with isn't. >=20 >=20 > This is incorrect. >=20 > = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-advocacy/2008-August/003674.htm= l I read the article... and it says that the largest single source of code = when it was written was FreeBSD. 21MM lines out of 39MM overall. Now since then they've released a lot of new features and what-not so I = doubt it still holds at 53.8% but I would bet it is still the single = largest source of code. Does it matter? No. Thank you.
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