Mac OS X (was: offer - OS/2 for the PDP-11)

[Randy Dawson]

OS X is BSD, with enhancements, but still FreeBSD inside.

Randy

> From: healyzh at aracnet.com
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:04:54 -0800
> Subject: Mac OS X (was: offer - OS/2 for the PDP-11)
> 
> On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> > Sure--and OS X is the 10th version of that system. ;)
> 
> Depends on your definition of "that system".
> 
> Mac OS X is the 10th version of the Mac Operating System.  Granted it has
> almost nothing to do with earlier versions.
> 
> Mac OS X is the 5th or 6th version (arguements could probably be made for
> both) of the NeXT Operating System.
> 
> "Prelude to Rhapsody" was nothing more than OPENSTEP (aka NeXTStep) 4.2, and
> the first Rhapsody Developers release ran on x86, with the classic Mac OS 8
> GUI.  I forget when that mess known as Aqua came about.  While they've toned
> it down, I still prefer the classic Mac look and feel.  The fact that it ran
> on x86 was why I had bene expecting for years for Apple to move to Intel, and why
> they were able to do it so quickly.
> 
> Personally I would have preferred for them to base Mac OS X on BeOS rather
> than NeXTStep, as I think the OS would have better performance.  Of course
> if they had, they wouldn't have gotten Steve Jobs back, and without him
> returning, I suspect Apple would be long dead.
> 
> Zane
> 

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