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Android is not UNIX - it's GNU[0]/Linux-based, which is UNIX-like. iOS is also not UNIX, which is based on OS X but not UNIX Certified. OS X is UNIX. [0] GNU's
by sbuk 11y ago
Android is not UNIX - it's GNU[0]/Linux-based, which is UNIX-like. iOS is also not UNIX, which is based on OS X but not UNIX Certified. OS X is UNIX.
[0] GNU's Not Unix
- ac29 11y agoI stand corrected. You appear to be technically correct that OS X is "Unix" [0] not Unix-like or a Unix clone like Linux-based operating systems. Legal precedent established in the SCO-linux cases [1] seems to confirm this technicality. I think the distinction is pedantic, but I think we can agree that Android is the most widely shipped OS based on a Unix-like kernel. [0] http://www.opengroup.org/csq/search/t=XY1.html http://www.opengroup.org/csq/search/t=XY1.html [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCO%E2%80%93Linux_controversie...
- sbuk 11y ago>"I think the distinction is pedantic" It is, but no more than that of the OP and you. It's ultimately irrelevant to this discussion.
- sdenton4 11y agoAnd while technically unix, the command line tools which ship are so horribly out of date as to be almost unusable.... Try using sftp on a mac sometime, if you enjoy the sensation of bleeding from your eyes.
- sbuk 11y agoWorks just fine for me. Sorry...