From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Oh &

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/10/25/osx_generic_intel/

"Mac OS X 10.4.8 will now run on any generic x86-based PC. Well,
almost. Kernel coder Semthex has posted what he claims is an entirely legal
release of the Mac operating system's foundation layer. The only snag: you
can't boot into the familiar GUI.

To date, the version of Mac OS X for x86 processors has relied on kernel
add-ons to anchor the software to Apple's own hardware through the
machines' Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Much of the core code is
independent of it, however, and available for access to all and sundry via
Apple's own source code licence."

OpenSource strikes back

Adam

Adam > wrote:
> /m wrote:
>> http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/
>>
>>
> Interesting how much it majors on Open source-ness ( given the way Apple
> closed up post move to intel)
>
>
>
> e.g.
>
>
> "Xray
>
> Xray is a brand-new, timeline-based performance visualization tool that
> gives you the ability to see how your application works like you’ve
> never been able to do before. It let’s you watch CPU, disk I/O, memory
> usage, garbage collection, events, and more in the form of graphs tied
> to time.
>
> For example, you can track UI events in real-time and see how they
> affect I/O activity and CPU load at the same time. And, once the data
> has been collected, you can scan back and forth through your
> application’s run and see exactly what occurred, and when."
>
> Blimey that's impressive but wait....
>
> "Xray builds on top of the open source DTrace utility. DTrace is a
> comprehensive command-line monitoring utility that can probe almost any
> aspect of system performance. It comes with a large set of tools that
> cover most general aspects of system performance, including both kernel
> and user code, with near-zero overhead. If there is an aspect of the
> system that you want to track that isn’t already supported, you can
> create your own tool using the D programming language."
>
> So thanks to the DTrace ppl...
>
> & then..
>
> "OS Foundations
>
> The heart of Mac OS X, the Open Source Mach- and BSD-based UNIX layer
> known as Darwin, continues to see improvements in Leopard. The latest
> Mac hardware brings more processing power, more cores, and more memory
> than ever before. The kernel in Leopard has been updated to take
> advantage of this new hardware.
>
> Leopard certainly won’t be UNIX in name only. Apple will submit Leopard
> and Leopard Server to The Open Group for certification against the UNIX
> ‘03 product standard."
>
> But wait there's more..
>
> "Leopard brings several new security enhancements to Mac OS X. The first
> of these is the adoption of the Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
> framework. This framework, original developed for TrustedBSD, provides a
> fine-grained security architecture for controlling the execution of
> processes at the kernel level. This enables sandboxing support in
> Leopard. By sandboxing an application, using a text profile, you can
> limit an application to being able to just access only the system
> features, such as disk or the network, that you permit."
>
> & then:
>
> "Open Directory 4
>
> Leopard Server ships with an updated version of Open Directory that
> supports LDAP proxying, cross-domain authorization, cascading
> replication, and replica sets. It even supports RADIUS authentication
> for AirPort base stations deployed across your office or campus.
> "
>
> &
>
> "Ruby on Rails
>
> Leopard Server features a built-in installation of the powerful and
> productive Ruby on Rails web application framework. Ruby on Rails is a
> full stack framework optimized for sustainable productivity. Leopard
> Server will ship with Mongrel for simplified development and deployment
> of web-based applications."
>
> Reminds me of a SCO Presentation.
>
> Adam

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