Mike_Amiga wrote:
X or 10 as I'm told it's supposed to be called runs on a UNIX base. How do people think of this OS? As a bastardised version of UNIX or a clever incorporation of UNIX? Are you happy it was incorporated (about time) or annoyed Apple have started acting like M$ ripping off other peoples inventions?
How much difference is there between UNIX and LINUX?
As I understand it, Mac OS X is basically a blend of BSD and OPENSTEP running on a modified Mach 3 kernel, with a Mac OS skin.
You can read more about the core technologies,
here Truth be told, Mac OS X isn't exactly a rip off. Long story short, after Jobs left Apple he founded NeXT and created the NeXTStep OS, which later became OPENSTEP. Apple bought NeXT and Jobs became interim CEO (now permanent?) and Apple integrated OPENSTEP w/ BSDLite 4.4, slapped on Aqua and came out with Mac OS X.
As for the differences between Unix and Linux... Basically, different kernels. IIRC, Linux could end up an official flavor of Unix. An OS only need conform to the POSIX standard in order to be called Unix.
(If I'm in error about POSIX=Unix, please fellow A.org users, correct me)
