[hooloovoo_zoo]

This doesn't sound like a true story. He lies to Bill Gates 'telling him the console would incorporate the Windows operating system' but also had 'been telling them that [this doesn't need Windows at all] for two years.'

[mox1]

Someone gave a talk at my college early after the release of the original Xbox. It was definitely "Based" off of Windows 2000. So like I would call this a white-lie. Basically just the kernel and file system if I remember correctly.

Kinda like how ios version 1 was based off OSX.

[nailer]

The full article they link to clears this up. Indeed it's Windows 2000, but it's not "PC Compatible" which was the issue.

[valuearb]

iOS was based off NextStep, just like OSX.

[grzm]

Could you elaborate? I'd say any connection iOS has with NextStep is through OS X. What connection does iOS have to NextStep that is independent of OS X parentage?

[valuearb]

I was being sarcastic, iOS is clearly based on MacOS/OSX, which was derived from NextStep. OP was implying that was a myth.

[Inhibit]

Still with a BSD derived kernel? I can't see why you'd need to make them that different; massive costs savings if you don't.