[lug] Is BeOS POSIX like Linux?

[Viggy]

GeOS was written by Berkley Softworks, and actually stemmed from the
product written for the Commodore 64/128.  When the Mac was first
introduced, everyone loved it's GUI.  A couple of software engineers in
CA decided to try to "emulate" this environment on the Commodore.  GeOS
was born.  Then PC's started to become popular, so they ported it to the
PC.  However, it was basically like the early days of Windows, it wasn't
a "real" OS; it had to run on top of DOS.

BeOS on the other hand was started by one of the founders/programmers at
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...

Viggy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of Rob Mohr
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 3:35 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Is BeOS POSIX like Linux?
> 
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> Hola LUG!
> 
> Is BeOS related to unix?  My old '95 XT had something called GeOS; it
> worked great on that tiny 8088.  Was  GeOS crafted by the same company?
> eof
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