Microsoft Detects New Malware Attacking Mac OS X

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]Wasn't the Mach Kernel made to be used in the BSD UNIX?[/citation]

The kernel of OSX is not. Much of the rest of the system is based on BSD, but the kernel is Apple's even if it's similar to BSD. Technically, I think it's considered a Unix-like system, not a Unix system.

 

[superfula]

[citation][nom]molo9000[/nom]That's because the core of OS X is NOT(!) Unix. The kernel is even called "XNU" meaning "X is not Unix".OS X behaves like unix (hence the unix certification), but it doesn't use any unix code.[/citation]

Of course OS X contains Unix code. It's based on BSD. This is the kind of absurd comments I've come to expect from Apple haters.

 

[molo9000]

[citation][nom]superfula[/nom]Of course OS X contains Unix code. It's based on BSD. This is the kind of absurd comments I've come to expect from Apple haters.[/citation]

Unlike other unix-like systems, OS X is unix certified and can therefore be called unix, but that doesn't mean it's directly related to Unix.
The core of OS X is based on parts of FreeBSD, NetBSD and the Mach kernel.
While ultimately "descended" from Unix, they have replaced all original unix code with open-source code, that is not copyrighted by whoever holds the rights to the original Unix system.

btw: Writing this on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS 10.7.3

 

[rosen380]

[citation][nom]Pherule[/nom]Oh.Incidentally, I'm still using Office 2000, because I find all newer versions inferior.[/citation]

You know what--I thought that too, until I used 2003 for more than a couple of minutes. I still prefer that to 2007, probably mostly because of familiarity... but even 2007/2010 are growing on me.

 

[arlandi]

[citation][nom]atmos929[/nom]Mac OS X Service Pack 2 comming up... ... Do they even use updates like that? Will they have to?[/citation]

nah, they will put a "New" OSX. and force their users to buy it, instead of a free download.
but seriously, why don't people auto-update anyway???
maybe because they are using pirated software???

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]The kernel of OSX is not. Much of the rest of the system is based on BSD, but the kernel is Apple's even if it's similar to BSD. Technically, I think it's considered a Unix-like system, not a Unix system.[/citation]
The Kernel of Mac OS X is based on the Mach Kernel with certain components from FreeBSD.

 

[Guest]

Apple has marketed their products to be so easy to use that any idiot could do it. The problem is, many do

 

[halcyon]

[citation][nom]fr8er[/nom]Apple has marketed their products to be so easy to use that any idiot could do it. The problem is, many do[/citation]
Your tail is showing.