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No, the The Open Group, which owns the trademark on the name "Unix", defines what Unix is, and that group defines macOS as Unix. It also defines z/OS as Unix an
by msla 7y ago
No, the The Open Group, which owns the trademark on the name "Unix", defines what Unix is, and that group defines macOS as Unix. It also defines z/OS as Unix and does not define any of the Open Source BSDs as Unix, which means FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD are not Unix and are, at most, Unix-like. OTOH, the Inspur K-UX Linux distribution is Unix.
And The Open Group doesn't use POSIX, it uses the Single Unix Specification.
- RichardCA 7y agoYeah I remember the 90's. Every time I used a system that met the standard Unix definition it felt so vanilla I wanted to dribble chocolate sauce on it. That was a metaphor. The reality is I'd get in trouble for spending modem time using UUCP to get a decent, usable tool chain in place before I could do anything productive.
- msla 7y agoWhat irrelevancies!