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

[Zane H. Healy]

>  > 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.

At 5:37 AM -0600 1/3/08, Randy Dawson wrote:
>OS X is BSD, with enhancements, but still FreeBSD inside.

I think you need to study its lineage, and its various parts.  The 
BSD portion is only one part of the OS.  Like it or not, it *is* an 
updated version of NeXTStep/OPENSTEP.

Zane


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