[aclug-L] Re: BeOS? What is it?

[Jesse Kaufman <kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

the interesting thing about this is that NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP aren't
really unices in and of themselves...  they are just a layer on top of the
kernel (in  NeXTSTEP it's MACH, but OPENSTEP can be run on a number of
platforms including NT)...  they are basically just the UI and the
development environment...  similar to GNOME and KDE, but even more
powerful and more comprehensive...  closest thing to *STEP is GNUstep,
which is an implementation of the OPENSTEP API for linux (since there
never was one created, and if it was, it'd be VERY expensive)...  it's not
an OS, but an extension of it in a manner of speaking...

jesse

          <<< Jesse Kaufman (kaufmjes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) >>>

On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Jonathan Hall wrote:

> Mac OS X is BSD-based.  Meaning it's based on the Berkley kernel.  Solaris,
> NeXT, HP/UX, Linux, etc, etc are all also Unicies.  That doesn't mean
> they're all based on the BSD kernel (although some of them are--I beleive
> the latest Solaris kernel is based on BSD?)  Linux obviously is not based on
> the BSD kernel.
> 
> I don't know if NeXT is based on BSD or not.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 01:20:53PM -0600, lowell wrote:
> > phrostie wrote:
> > > 
> > > i thought it was BSD based
> > 
> > Folks,
> >     Both Be and NExT are Unices, I believe; does this
> > make them BSD-derived? or SysV? or whatnot? Quien sabe?
> > 
> > Lowell
> >  
> > "Can I trade this job for
> > what's behind door # 3?"
> 
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