Re: [OT] Apple's contribution to OSX

2004-07-20 Thread Chuck Swiger
Robert Storey wrote: [ ... ] First off, apologies for this off-topic post, but I think this is the only place I'm likely to get an intelligent (and well-informed) answer to my question. I tried searching the web, but found a confusing and contradictory bunch of poorly-informed opinions, which wasn'

Re: [OT] Apple's contribution to OSX

2004-07-20 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Dear All, > > First off, apologies for this off-topic post, but I think this is the > only place I'm likely to get an intelligent (and well-informed) answer > to my question. I tried searching the web, but found a confusing and > contradictory bunch of poorly-informed opinions, which wasn't h

Re: [OT] Apple's contribution to OSX

2004-07-19 Thread lbland
Robert, OSX is the greatest thing since sliced bread ... now that that is out of the way. to question (3): try http://developer.apple.com/darwin/ http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.3/ it uses a lot of FSF, FreeBSD, etc. just check the header files. gcc is a GNU licensed product (mac os

Re: [OT] Apple's contribution to OSX

2004-07-19 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:56:50 -0400 Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > First off, apologies for this off-topic post, but I think this is the > only place I'm likely to get an intelligent (and well-informed) answer > to my question. I tried searching the web, but found a confu

[OT] Apple's contribution to OSX

2004-07-19 Thread Robert Storey
Dear All, First off, apologies for this off-topic post, but I think this is the only place I'm likely to get an intelligent (and well-informed) answer to my question. I tried searching the web, but found a confusing and contradictory bunch of poorly-informed opinions, which wasn't helpful. I'm wr