Darwin and BSD...Darwin is the open source kernel that OS X uses...=)  

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> 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
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> 
> -JxT
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> 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
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