Re: FreeBSD and MacOS

From: Lev Walkin (vlm_at_netli.com)
Date: 06/30/04

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    Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:32:33 -0700
To: Alasdair Lumsden <enquiries@alivewww.com>

    Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
    > On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 21:20, Lev Walkin wrote:
    >
    >>MacOS X is based on multiple concepts, including
    >>Darwin. Darwin is based on FreeBSD.
    >
    >
    > <pedantry>
    > "Darwin is based on FreeBSD" - technically, no :)
    >
    > Darwin is a continuation of NeXT Step which is based on the Mach kernel.
    >
    > While Mach is derived from 4.3BSD (circa 1986~1988), there's been about
    > 15 years worth of divergence since then. For example, FreeBSD is
    > monolithic while Mach is more micro-kernel based. Also the driver models
    > are quite different, eg Darwin uses IOKit (Object Oriented driver
    > interface model).
    >
    > So, its correct to say Darwin is based on NeXT Step, Mach, and 4.3BSD,
    > but not to say it's based on FreeBSD.
    > </pedantry>

    http://www.daemonnews.org/200010/darwin.html
    === cut ===
    Darwin is based on Mach 3.0 and FreeBSD 3.2, and glued together in a very
    NeXT-like style.
    === cut ===

    You are contradicting yourself. 

    -- 
Lev Walkin
vlm@netli.com
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