23 Jun
2003
23 Jun
'03
6:09 p.m.
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 10:59, Ivica Bukvic wrote:
I think the chain is somewhat longer (for the kernel):
*bsd* (don't remember which one - mach kernel)
-> NeXTstep (initially only m68k, proprietary hardware)
-> NEXTSTEP (i386, ordinary pc's + sparc + hp + m68k)
-> OpenStep (i386/m68k - don't remember when the others got dropped)
-> Rhapsody (sp?)
[NeXT is bought by Apple - or was this before Rhapsody?]
-> Darwin
-- Fernando
It is
important to note some of Apple's contributions to the open
source community besides darwin.
Darwin was not developed by Apple. It's originally a project that was
developed on Intel machines. Apple took it on since it had an acceptable
license (BSD).