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RE: [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox


From: "Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:07:56 -0600

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

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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, pete () oddpost com 
<pete () oddpost com> 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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