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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Murray Stokely 2003-03-10 06:16:12 +00:00
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commit 82540f7710
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=16242

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<para><ulink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/">Mac OS <para><ulink url="http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/">Mac OS
X</ulink> is the latest version of the operating system for X</ulink> is the latest version of the operating system for
<ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer Inc.'s</ulink> <ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple Computer Inc.'s</ulink>
Macintosh line. Unlike the rest of the operating system, the Macintosh line. The BSD Unix core of this operating
kernel is open source. As part of this development, key Apple system, <ulink
developers have commit access to the FreeBSD source tree.</para> 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>
</listitem> </listitem>
</itemizedlist> </itemizedlist>
</sect2> </sect2>