Re: [PLUG] OT: Mac OS X question

[Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com>]

On Wednesday 10 October 2007, William H. Magill wrote:
> Don't forget, OSX is a micro-kernel architecture based on the OSF
> Kernel. (Yeah, I know, long ago and many revs.) It's not Linux- like.

Actually, OSX is not a micro-kernel OS.  Apple used Mach, previously used in 
Jobs' NEXTSTEP project, not as a micro-kernel, but instead as a codebase to 
build into a monolithic kernel, adding in significant sections of FreeBSD.  
Some make the claim that it is a "hybrid" kernel (as do many proponents of 
the NT kernel), but there isn't actually any such thing as a "hybrid" kernel.  
It's just another monolithic kernel, like Linux, NT, and just about every 
other popular PC OS out there.

But it isn't much like Linux at all, no.

As for the rest of the discussion, I haven't spoken up because I'm guessing 
you are probably set on getting an Apple machine.  I've never had anything 
but trouble with them, and have found refuge in ThinkPad+Linux, so my Apple 
anecdotes probably would not be very encouraging.

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