5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
4:05 a.m.
Segin wrote:
Mac OS 9 is very similar to Windows 3.1 -- no memory
protection,
co-operative multitasking, limited file structures, poor networking,
one-app's-bug-brings-it-all-down, etc.
Yes. MacOS "Classic" needs to die, die, die.
Mac OS X is a fork of FreeBSD, a modern UNIX with
hardware memory
management and protection, preemptive multitasking, complex file systems
and structures, a roburst netowkring API (BSD sockets), etc.
Umm...excuse me, but MacOS X is *not* a "fork of FreeBSD". It is
based on the Mach microkernel, with big chunks of FreeBSD layered on top
of that (system libraries and networking), with a healthy amount of
NetBSD (userland programs) thrown in for spice.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Cape Coral, FL