We are told that the version of Darwin that's used in DP4 is already available on the public Darwin source code servers, but those looking for a proper Darwin release will have to wait until after WWDC for an official Darwin 1.1. For those looking for progress outside of OS X, look no further. Adaptec's drivers for their SCSI cards were a frequently used example. This means that there is still plenty of work to do to bring Darwin up to the OS X driver baseline, since many of the crucial drivers for older Macs will remain missing from Darwin until an outsider provides them. Much remains to be done in Darwin, but Apple definitely looks like it's beginning to take the lead out and deliver on many of the promises it made a year ago.
Interesting times lie ahead.
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