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Grant Sewell wrote: > aashish kumar wrote: > >> Vista is based on Unix???????????????????????? >> >> no Vista is not based on Unix but Linux and Mac OSX are based on Unix >> architecture. >> >> Aashish >> > Tom's reply to your "Vista is copied from OSX" comment was > tongue-in-cheek. Of course Vista is not Unix based (although it does > have some level of POSIX compliance), but to be fair, your comment > (Aashish) did deserve that. > > Incidentally, OSX uses a Darwin kernel, which is built around XNU, a > kernel that combines the Mach 3 microkernel, various elements of BSD and > an object-oriented device driver API. Historically, BSD has been > considered a branch of UNIX — "BSD UNIX", because it shared the initial > codebase and design with the original AT&T UNIX operating system. Mach > was developed as a replacement for the kernel in the BSD version of > UNIX. It is compatible with the Single UNIX Specification version 3. So, > essentially, OSX is a UNIX system. Linux, on the other hand, is an > operating system kernel used by a family of Unix-like operating systems. > A Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to > a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to > any version of the Single UNIX Specification. > > (Thanks to Wikipedia for explaining things better than my hectic > thoughts could :D) > > Grant. > > It would be interesting to see just how much *nix code is buried deep within Vista! D. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html