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

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"Matt Jensen" <printed.in.my.sig.below@bresnanlink.net> wrote in message
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> 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.

Check here:

http://www.freebsd.org/news/press-rel-3.html

It was when OS X was announced that it was being based on
the BSD Unix kernel.  Apple called it project Darwin.
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