Why Apple Picked OS X Over Linux for iPhone

Posted by gsh on Jun 16, 2008 4:39 AM EDT
OSWeekly.com; By Brandon Watts
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My iPhone is sitting beside me right now, and I’m still thrilled that I purchased it. I’ve never been more excited about a device, and I can’t wait to see how the iPhone continues to develop.

We’re well-aware that the iPhone is running a scaled down version of OS X, and we can thank OS X for making the iPhone experience enjoyable and useful in so many ways. Since the iPhone is an Apple product, it only makes sense that OS X would be running on the device, but what makes sense now didn’t always make sense in the past.

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