provoking is fun :) apparently it's XP's UI that was coded on a Mac using
UNIX, or something like that...
anyway, i'll question my source for legit proof and if it cant come up with
hard/soft evidence then i'll shut me mouth... ... ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "John/Slackonomics" <slack@slackonomics.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: [idm] what's wrong with Apple
quoted 29 lines On Nov 2, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Roby wrote:> On Nov 2, 2004, at 9:04 PM, Roby wrote:
>
> > i heard from trustworthy sources that some aspects of XP were coded on
> > OSX......
> > :)
>
> Huh? OS X and XP are *completely* different and share *zero*
> similarities as far as code goes. OS X is built on OpenStep/NeXTstep
> (which is itself built on OpenBSD/FreeBSD and the Mach microkernal).
> XP is completely proprietary and built entirely by Microsoft (well, I'm
> sure they bought a few companies and folded their technology into
> Windows along the way...).
>
> Not to mention the fact that the x86 and PowerPC processors are
> completely different...
>
> So your trustyworthy source doesn't know what s/he is talking about. :)
>
> --
>
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>
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