Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:27:49 +0100 From: Per Tore Larsen <per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: MacOS, not based on the Freebsd kernel? Message-ID: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E23@fernonorden.com>
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Hi. Found some news on Tomshardware and zdnn.com that made me think. Here's the quote: On the question to fitting a x86 cpu from AMD on the Mac, instead of the PowerPC G4 chip: "Rebuilding the kernel would not be too difficult because Mac OS X is built on the same Mach kernel that NeXT used," he said. NeXT Software Inc.'s OpenStep operating system ran on x86 hardware." What? Isn't the Mac OS kernel based on the FreeBSD (or at least the BSD kernel)?? Are Steve Jobs so afraid of mentioning that they have gotten their ide from the BSD community because of the Linux hype that's going through the world today? Why mentioning the OpenStep operating system at all??? Links: http://www6.tomshardware.com/technews/technews-20001104.html#0147 http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2649969,00.html PeTe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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