Darwin and BSD...Darwin is the open source kernel that OS X uses...=) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JxT > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 7:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox > > I believe it says "The BSD layer is based on the BSD kernel, > primarily FreeBSD." It does not says the OSX kernel. > > peep developer.apple.com if you really don't believe me ;-) > it's a tad more reliable then wikipedia > > > > -JxT > > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:41:35 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 11:53:46PM -0600, JxT wrote: > > >"The BSD layer is based on the BSD kernel, primarily > FreeBSD." That > > >information is available on Apple's Developer Site. > > > > > > > > > > OSX is based on the Mach kernel, not the bsd kernel. > > > > "Apple selected OPENSTEP to be the basis for the successor of the > > classic Mac OS. It became the Cocoa API of Mac OS X. OPENSTEP is in > > fact an upgraded version of NeXTSTEP, which used Mach 2.5. As such, > > OPENSTEP's Mach/BSD amalgam is the basis for Apple's Mac OS > X operating system." > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_operating_system > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html >
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