running MacOS-X i386 binaries on FreeBSD?

[Achim Patzner]

Am 15.06.2006 um 02:26 schrieb Mikhail Teterin:
> середа 14 червень 2006 20:20, Achim Patzner  
> написав:
>>> Has anyone from this mailing list looked into the possibility of
>>> running MacOS-X (Intel) binaries on FreeBSD?
>
>> Would it be worth the trouble considering the fact that Apple's
>> licenses would make it impossible to use it legally for anything
>
> Such issues never stopped WINE folks, for example...

Wine is a good example; in order to run Mac OS Applications (which is  
considerably more than being able to execute another architecture's  
binaries like the Linux emulation - and that was already quite some  
work) you have to provide most of the supporting libraries, too.  
Linux is just a kernel; Mac OS X is an operating system coming with a  
lot of supporting software (commonly called APIs).

>> running the Darwin userland (which essentially _is_ FreeBSD anyway)
>> in most countries?
>
> Well, does MS Office run on Darwin?

No.

Office for Mac is running on Carbon (and will probably move on to  
Cocoa - It's a task that takes quite a few man years and nevertheless  
much less work than creating something like Cocoa including all the  
layers below it). And just taking all the stuff that makes up Cocoa  
and run it on a Darwin emulator is just another example for breaking  
licenses and stealing.

>
>>> Maybe, even MS Office can be made to work? Just curious...
>>
>> Why don't you just buy a Mac?
>
> That's a strange question coming from an "emulation" mailing list
> subscriber... Why don't you just install Linux?

Because I don't have to steal it and break dozens of license  
agreements to do so. It might not matter to you but to me it does.


Achim