Clarify that Darwin is not just an open source kernel, but in fact a
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
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<para><ulink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/">Mac OS
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X</ulink> is the latest version of the operating system for
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X</ulink> is the latest version of the operating system for
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<ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer Inc.'s</ulink>
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<ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer Inc.'s</ulink>
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Macintosh line. Unlike the rest of the operating system, the
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Macintosh line. The BSD Unix core of this operating
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kernel is open source. As part of this development, key Apple
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system, <ulink
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developers have commit access to the FreeBSD source tree.</para>
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url="http://developer.apple.com/darwin/">Darwin</ulink>,
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is available as a fully functional open source operating
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system for x86 and PPC computers. The Aqua/Quartz
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graphics system and many other proprietary aspects of
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Mac OS X remain closed-source, however. Several Darwin
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developers are also FreeBSD committers, and
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vice-versa.</para>
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