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Does Linux even exist for Apple? They are where Microsoft was 15 years ago in that respect.

• tomjakubowski 6y ago
  Many if not most of their backend services run on Linux, which you can tell from their job postings.
  • jojobas 6y ago
    I don't think their backend services tether with iphones. They wouldn't bother porting even such a fundamental tool as iTunes.
• threeseed 6y ago
  Apple has been using Linux for at least a decade. Online Store and iTunes Store used to both run on it. These days I imagine everything does since they use Kubernetes for Siri, Maps etc.
  • morpheuskafka 6y ago
    I'm surprised they don't use FreeBSD or some sort of in-house headless build of macOS, since their entire product line has been built around FreeBSD/POSIX base for macOS.
    • saagarjha 6y ago
      They can just build macOS without the GUI for that.
    • ksec 6y ago
      That was my question as well. They were on mesos, I guess even Apple settled on k8s. It is a lot easier to hire people to work on tools there are used widely across the industry.