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> Why should iOS be considered a "general purpose" OS? Because people consider it as such. I don't. No more than I consider NetApp OS or OneFS general purpose
by throw0101b 2y ago
> Why should iOS be considered a "general purpose" OS? Because people consider it as such.
I don't.
No more than I consider NetApp OS or OneFS general purpose, even though both are based/built on BSD (I've SSHed into OneFS CLI often in my last job)
At least with Apple/iOS (not sure about Android), phones and tablets were purposefully designed to be appliances from the very beginning.