[lug] Is BeOS POSIX like Linux?

[Calvin Dodge]

Viggy wrote:
> 
> Apple.  I forget how the exact story goes, but this person saw a need to
> create an OS that would facilitate graphic illustration, but run on a PC
> (since PC's were/are cheaper).  Thus, BeOS was born...

Well, perhaps "adapt an OS" would be a better term, since the original BeOS ran
on a "BeBox" - a Be design with dual PowerPC CPUs (IIRC). I believe it was some
time after the creation of the BeBox before BeOS was ported to the Intel x86.

Calvin

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