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

[wbdesnoy@acs5.acs.ucalgary.ca (Byron Desnoyers Winmill)]

william strutts (wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com) 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.

It is generally refered to as the Mach microkernel, and it is a product
of Carnegie Mellon University -- not NeXT.  (The implementation Apple
used may be from NeXT, but that does not mean that they created the
microkernel.)

: Hey, its all that cheap hardware that has been surfacing lately in
: the thrift stores that get people interested in the Apple II plus add
: in a bit of nostalgia and for those of us who couldn't afford an
: Apple II in the day due to the fact that we were  young

Agreed, somewhat.  OTOH, my present interests in the Apple II computer
extend well beyond my exposure when I was younger so I believe that it
goes well beyond nostalgia.  But it was nostalgia, and a summer job,
which uncovered my interest in older systems.

Byron.