Yes, and you have regular shell with all/many unix features available in OS/X :) And I really like their guy...
Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:29 AM > The Mac GUI sits on top of OS X/Darwin/FreeBSD similar to the way X-Windows > or Gnome or KDE sits on top of other UNIXs/Linuxs... > > > > on 8/26/03 8:59 PM, Mladen Gogala at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks, Tim! I was under the impression that OS/X is based on Unix > > the same way NT is based on VMS. I don't have access to any of the > > Apple hardware, but knowing the history, I wasn't sure what should > > I think of OS/X. Thanks again for a nice clarification. > > > > On 2003.08.26 21:59, Tim Gorman wrote: > >> According to "http://developer.apple.com"... > >> > >> ============================================ > >> > >> Q. What is Darwin? > >> > >> A. Darwin is a version of the BSD UNIX operating system that offers advanced > >> networking, services such as the Apache web server, and support for both > >> Macintosh and UNIX file systems. It was originally released in March 1999. > >> Darwin currently runs on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, and is being > >> ported to Intel processor-based computers and compatible systems by the > >> Darwin community. > >> > >> Q. How does Darwin relate to Mac OS X? > >> > >> A. Darwin is the core of Mac OS X. All software built for Darwin should be > >> able to run unmodified on Mac OS X. However, because Darwin by itself does > >> not encompass all of the features of Mac OS X, software that depends on > >> higher-level features of Mac OS X (such as the Cocoa and Carbon toolkits) > >> will not run on a stand-alone Darwin system. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> on 8/26/03 3:19 PM, Mladen Gogala at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Define "based"? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Mladen Gogala > >>> Oracle DBA > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> Tanel Poder > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 4:44 PM > >>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > >>> > >>> > >>> AFAIK, Apples unix is based on [Open|Free]BSD as well. > >>> > >>> Tanel. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Note: > >>> This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > >> confidential, > >>> proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or > >>> privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. 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