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Marketing. They called OS X, as it was at the time, ‘UNIX’ but didn’t pay the Open Group for certification. The Open Group sued, and Apple figured it was cheape
by sbuk 2y ago
Marketing. They called OS X, as it was at the time, ‘UNIX’ but didn’t pay the Open Group for certification. The Open Group sued, and Apple figured it was cheaper to certify, so they did, and have done ever since.
- bongodongobob 2y agoHuh. Does anyone actually care whether or not it's certified? Like is there any business or use case where it would matter?
- mattl 2y agoThe Open Group, holders of the Unix trademark care.
- bongodongobob 2y agoThat's obviously not what I'm asking.
- mattl 2y agoBut it's the reason why Apple did it. Faced with a huge lawsuit.
- bongodongobob 2y agoJesus dude. Why did apple take the time to get certified rather than just not claim they were Unix? Is that verbose enough for you?
- sbuk 2y agoWhy don’t you do what I did, and use the vast amount of information at your fingertips and search for the answer if you care that much.
- mattl 2y agoThey claimed it and then had a choice of either compliant or pay $200 million. Why did they claim it? They’re trying to justify the $475 million they already spent merging with NeXT? Early Mac OS X stuff wasn’t well received, especially their early server product based on Rhapsody.