[rescue] OS X is certified UNIX

Sandwich Maker adh at an.bradford.ma.us
Thu Jun 14 14:44:43 CDT 2007


" From: Devin Ganger <devin at thecabal.org>
" 
" On 6/14/07 8:17 AM, "Sandwich Maker" <adh at an.bradford.ma.us> wrote:
" 
" > " From: Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com>
" 
" > " Are you sure about this? They shipped a kernel? wikipedia:interix
" > " does not mention this. Can you provide a link with more information?
" > " If true, that's very interesting.
" 
" > my bad!  not a full kernel but a posix-flavored layer alongside - or
" > in place of - win32, atop the nt microkernel.
" 
" That was always the intended design for several subsystems -- in parallel
" with Win32 atop the HAL and kernel. The POSIX subsystem was just the most
" implemented/notorious of them.

afaik the interix layer -did-not- ride atop the ms hal but went
directly to the nt microkernel.
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