Amit Singh, whose Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach has gone on sale, has published an unabridged version of the first chapter of that book as a free PDF for perusal. Considering the book is 1680 pages, its 140 pages doesn’t seem all that surprising. Amit says:
The document is titled “A Technical History of Apple’s Operating Systems”. Whereas the book’s abridged version covers the history of Mac OS X, this document’s coverage is considerably broader. It encompasses not only Mac OS X and its relevant ancestors, but the various operating systems that Apple has dabbled with since the company’s inception, and many systems that were direct or indirect sources of inspiration.
To be honest, I haven’t even started reading it yet, but I will. I’ll also be ordering his book, though it’s probably not for everyone. Unless you’re hard core into how Mac OS X works, and I mean hard core, it’s overkill (read: not for those with a casual interest). On the other hand, this PDF is priced right for everyone.
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I've read that PDF. It was a bore. A lot of facts and dates were wrong. I won't buy the book now. All that information is available on the net.
misleading title. as always. typical of the unix crowd.