Is the BeOS UNIX-based, or is it a new design?
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The BeOS
Features
Is the BeOS UNIX-based (or Mach-based), or is it a new design?
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The BeOS:
Features
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FAQ Number:
FAQ-0131
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Last Modified:
8/31/98
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Keywords:
BeOS,
Features,
Unix,
design,
kernel,
Mach,
Linux
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The BeOS is not Unix- or Mach-based (we're a little sensitive about being compared with 1970s technology). It is a completely new operating system, written from the ground up.
While it's a new design, it does owe much to UNIX/Mach in some of the design decisions we made. If you're interested in some of the deeper details, check out the XINU (that's "Unix" spelled backwards, which cries out for a joke here...) book listed in The Be Bookstore:
http://www.be.com/purchase/bookstore.html
The designers of the BeOS were deeply inspired by the design of the XINU operating system.
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