Re: Question about the number of Apple users vs Mac users

[Matt Jensen <printed.in.my.sig.below@bresnanlink.net>]

william strutts wrote:
> 
> It is a UNIX kernal.  It is a BSD kernal with a bit of the NeXT Mach
> kernal thrown in for good measure.  It was based on the FreeBSD
> kernal variant of Unix aka Berkely Software Distribution or what is
> now left of it.

Are you sure about that?  I haven't looked into it terribly closely, but
my understanding is that the kernel IS Mach (an older version) and the
surrounding software (shells, utils, etc.) are partly BSD.  It's
exceedingly difficult, in most cases, to splice together code from
discrete kernels.  They all have their own internal architectures and
low level stuff is rarely interchangeable.