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I think it's difficult to give full credit to macOS as being a true Unix workstation. It is more like a desktop operating system built over Unix since the deskt

I think it's difficult to give full credit to macOS as being a true Unix workstation. It is more like a desktop operating system built over Unix since the desktop environment and utilities are not as well integrated into the underlying Unix environment.

pjmlp 4y ago
That is its NeXTSTEP roots showing up. Steve Jobs was always quite open about his opinion on UNIX, and there are a couple of vintage videos where this comes up. NeXTSTEP compatibility with UNIX wasn't much different from Microsoft goals in supporting POSIX on NT (initially), only to enter the market and ensure existing UNIX stuff could be ported into NeXTSTEP. OS X followed the same idea.
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throw0101a 4y ago
> I think it's difficult to give full credit to macOS as being a true Unix workstation. The FoxTrot comic strip referenced Mac OS X's "Unix underpinnings" back in 2002: * https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25 https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25 See also Tim O'Reilly (of tech book fame): > O’Reilly suggested through his own anecdotal evidence that switching from other platforms to Mac OS X is a strong trend particularly for what he calls “alpha geeks” — people who are key decision-makers or influencers on technology development and policy. Many of these “alpha geeks” appear to be trading in Wintel iron with Linux installed on it for Mac OS X instead. And while many of them appear to be continuing to depend on Windows for work, they’re using Mac OS X on their own time or for special projects they would have used Linux boxes for, not too far in the past. * https://www.macworld.com/article/155519/oreilly-7.html https://www.macworld.com/article/155519/oreilly-7.html It's been a 'selling point' for over twenty years now.

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I think it's difficult to give full credit to macOS as being a true Unix workstation. It is more like a desktop operating system built over Unix since the deskt

by HybridCurve 4y ago

pjmlp 4y ago
That is its NeXTSTEP roots showing up. Steve Jobs was always quite open about his opinion on UNIX, and there are a couple of vintage videos where this comes up. NeXTSTEP compatibility with UNIX wasn't much different from Microsoft goals in supporting POSIX on NT (initially), only to enter the market and ensure existing UNIX stuff could be ported into NeXTSTEP. OS X followed the same idea.
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throw0101a 4y ago
> I think it's difficult to give full credit to macOS as being a true Unix workstation. The FoxTrot comic strip referenced Mac OS X's "Unix underpinnings" back in 2002: * https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25 https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/25 See also Tim O'Reilly (of tech book fame): > O’Reilly suggested through his own anecdotal evidence that switching from other platforms to Mac OS X is a strong trend particularly for what he calls “alpha geeks” — people who are key decision-makers or influencers on technology development and policy. Many of these “alpha geeks” appear to be trading in Wintel iron with Linux installed on it for Mac OS X instead. And while many of them appear to be continuing to depend on Windows for work, they’re using Mac OS X on their own time or for special projects they would have used Linux boxes for, not too far in the past. * https://www.macworld.com/article/155519/oreilly-7.html https://www.macworld.com/article/155519/oreilly-7.html It's been a 'selling point' for over twenty years now.