Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: What if somebody made an iphone iOS emulator that actually works?
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 12:15:37 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 31
Message-ID: <v2a659$2pbu2$1@dont-email.me>
References: <pq6cnTwBnrQkCtv7nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@giganews.com>
 <v2803l$2941f$2@dont-email.me>
 <v28apr$2b9h8$1@dont-email.me>
 <v28b9k$2bbff$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 14:15:37 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b2bb1627631c9361ce7b36535c90ad9";
	logging-data="2928578"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19befwLorVQN15/lmo5LY0f50BlrmBGf3o="
User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch)
Cancel-Lock: sha1:zdhN1sBxUf62eKc2Husc6O0iVPI=
	sha1:aP+Hvaj1OH76exRikQZBLaZMWfM=
Bytes: 2092

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2024-05-17 12:22, Cameo wrote:
>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-16 16:33, Danart wrote:
>>>> So in the past an iphone emulator was made in Adobe Air. Air is a
>>>> programming environment similar to flash and director and more
>>>> recently associates with HTML5. This was spot on in emulating the
>>>> original iphone.
>>> 
>>> You need to learn the difference between "emulation" and "simulation".
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The only problem with iphone emulation is that while it is linux the
>>>> licensing via Apple products ( which is the real reason why Apple
>>>> prefers you not to have one ).
>>> 
>>> iOS is NOT Linux.
>>> 
>> Is it still a Berkeley Linux derivative?
>> 
>> 
> 
> What is "Berkeley Linux"?
> 
> I know of a "Berkeley UNIX", but I haven't heard of a Linux Berkeley 
> distribution.
> 

Pardon me. I was a bit distracted when I wrote it. You are right, of
course.