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Darwin/Mac OS X: The Fifth BSD

Posted by timothy on from the another-chronology dept.

LiquidPC writes: "Lance M. Westerhoff from AppleLust has written a superb article on the history of BSD. The article talks about the first versions of BSD and continues with the stories of NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, BSDi, and it finishes off with Darwin/MacOSX."

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  1. glad to see by Partisan01 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Glad to see another branch of BSD and not just a fork. I think that Darwin has the potential to be a strong player in the BSD arena once it matures up a bit. Does anyone know what specific strengths it has over other BSDs?

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    ahh, the egg in the basket..
  2. glad to see by Partisan01 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm glad to see that there's another branch of BSD now and not just a fork off some BSD that's been around a while. I think that Darwin can become a viable player in the BSD arena once it matures up a bit. Does anyone know the specific strengths that Darwin has over other BSDs?

    --
    ahh, the egg in the basket..