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[edit] Two things

Two things:

• I think it is important to mention Mac OS X as a lot more people use it than Darwin, and a lot more people will recognise the OSX name than the Darwin name.
• If we are going to be specific that XNU code is from the FreeBSD kernel not the FreeBSD operating system, then we should then be specific that XNU code is from the Mach kernel not the Mach operating system. AlistairMcMillan 22:34, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Is Mach an operating system? – Mipadi 03:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] acronym?

Can anyone verify that XNU actually stands for XNU's Not Unix ("is" probably shouldn't be listed as its own word of it would be XINU)? Most references on the Internet seem to be speculation (or speculation repeated as fact). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.227.67.1 (talk • contribs) 21:23, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

It stands for X is Not Unix—I looked it up on Apple's website; – Mipadi 03:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the citation (sorry for taking so long to reply, I was unregistered back when I made the request). I'm curious if someone has quick access to older ADC documentation. I don't recall seeing the phrase until relatively recently, and I'm curious if there's some evidence of X is Not Unix being some kind of backronym. -rasd —The preceding comment was added by Rasd (talk • contribs) 18:39, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

They don't use the name XINU because this name was already used by an operating system made by douglas COMER for teaching purpose (and published in the "xinu book") - yoann padioleau

[edit] Darwin userland

Mac OS X was originally populated with mostly NetBSD userland. It wasn't heavily moved to FreeBSD until later (I suspect once Jordan Hubbard was brought into Apple from the FreeBSD project). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.158.68.247 (talk • contribs) 5:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC).