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pedalpete on May 21, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3

I don't believe that is exactly correct. Both OS X and iOS are based on the BSD kernel, but I don't think iOS was 'derived' from OS X.

i386 on May 21, 2014 [–]

It's most certainly derived. The kernel, system libraries and frameworks are common between Mac OS X and iOS (except for Appkit and UIKit)

This article covers some of the Apple internal history of iOS

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/09/the-history-of-ios/

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