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Whatever Happened to Unix Workstations?

• rbanffy 2y ago
  Apple seems to be selling them. There are a lot of x86 machine integrators that sell their equipment with Linux as well, which is a decent Unix. And macOS is a direct descendant of NeXT, which borrowed a lot from OSF/1's architecture (including the Mach microkernel and BSD subsystem).
  • p_ing 2y ago
    macOS is only UNIX 03 compliant if you look at it funny.
    • rbanffy 2y ago
      That's good enough. Only AIX 7.x is UNIX 7 certified and it's not a joy to use it as a desktop workstation.
      • p_ing 2y ago
        Haven't used AIX 7, but I suspect it is UNIX 7 certified as-shipped? macOS is only UNIX 03 certified when modified by Apple engineers, but not as-shipped.