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Clarify that Darwin is not just an open source kernel, but in fact a

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fully functional open source OS.

Inaccuracy noted by:	jared nied <jnied@southampton.liu.edu>
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<para><ulink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/">Mac OS
X</ulink> is the latest version of the operating system for
<ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer Inc.'s</ulink>
Macintosh line. Unlike the rest of the operating system, the
kernel is open source. As part of this development, key Apple
developers have commit access to the FreeBSD source tree.</para>
Macintosh line. The BSD Unix core of this operating
system, <ulink
url="http://developer.apple.com/darwin/">Darwin</ulink>,
is available as a fully functional open source operating
system for x86 and PPC computers. The Aqua/Quartz
graphics system and many other proprietary aspects of
Mac OS X remain closed-source, however. Several Darwin
developers are also FreeBSD committers, and
vice-versa.</para>
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