Software before trying it

Garrett Cooper youshi10 at u.washington.edu
Fri Sep 29 08:29:59 PDT 2006


toby.whaymand at ntlworld.com wrote:
> If the Mac uses BSD would that not mean that any one can use Mac software on a PC-BSD...
>
> My mind is telling me that this is not possible so it be intresting to know the reason behind it... to learn
>
> Thanks 
>
> Toby
>   
Short answer: not possible. This is due in part to a proprietary setup 
with Apple's libraries and stuff, and also due to the fact that many 
items have been modified in Darwin and differ from a traditional BSD setup.
-Garrett


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