[Coco] OT: MacOS X and Unix Was: KIDS REACT TO OLD COMPUTERS

[Michael Graham]

I never said Darwin existed before OSX.  I said OSX is based on Darwin, 
as in Darwin is the underlying 'works' of OSX.

--Michael

On 5/30/2014 2:28 PM, Al Hartman wrote:
> No... Darwin did not exist prior to MacOS X. Darwin is to OS X as 
> Fedora is to RedHat Linux. Except Darwin does not have a GUI, and I 
> don't think it is widely used as a stand alone OS.
>
> It's just an open sourced development branch of the OS X kernel.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
>
> -[ Al ]-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Graham
>
> If you want to be more specific, OSX is based on a variant of BSD Unix
> called Darwin.
>
> -- Michael
>
> On 5/30/2014 9:56 AM, John W. Linville wrote:
>> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 06:57:01PM -0600, Bill Nobel wrote:
>>> Try again look at this link
>>>
>>> http://www.opensource.apple.com
>>>
>>> As of 10.0 the converted to linux for the WHOLE os.
>> Speaking as someone employed at a major Linux distribution vendor, and
>> as a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Linux Foundation,
>> I would say that would be news to me if it were true (which it is not).
>>
>> OSX has a Unix-oriented heritage, as does Linux.  That is about as
>> far as it goes.  Stop the madness.
>>
>> John
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