http://www.macnn.com/articles/03/09/03/panther:.significant/
Panther: significant Unix improvements
updated 12:50 pm EDT, Wed September 3, 2003
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LinuxWorld reports that Mac OS X Panther will have , as noted in a presentation by Apple software product manager Darren Sng. Panther will include an optional, optimized version of X11, the X window system for GUIs; a X11 SDK; kernel synchronization with BSD 4.8; IPv6 support; sychronization with FreeBSD's NFSv3; and the inclusion of Unix and Linux APIs such as POSIX AIO, poll and dlopen.
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Best *nix out there?
Mac OS X is slowly shaping up to be the best *nix out there. Good move. With HP and Sun losing focus on Unix and putting more effort into their x86 strategy, Apple has a great opportunity to win over ex-HP and Sun customers that don't buy into the "one standard fits all" mentality Intel and Microsoft would like them to.
I really hope that G5 based supercomputer Virginia Tech is building runs Mac OS X and makes it onto the top500 list for this year. They say it may rank in the top 5 for performance. What a great story that would be for Apple, the G5 and Mac OS X.
Andy