Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?

On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 18:35:34 -0700, Alan wrote:
 

On 2025-06-03 18:27, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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I’m looking at build scripts for cross-platform software which contain
lines like “if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)”. Why would that be necessary, do
you think?

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Hmmmm...because there are detail difference between different versions
of the same basic OS?

 Why is it the “UNIX” case is able to cover both Linux and BSD, but not the
one OS that is officially entitled to use the trademark?

 

Are you really saying that such differences never crop up with Linux or
other Unix systems?

 Do you see the difference between “Unix” the trademark, versus “Unix” the
way people expect an OS to behave?
 

On Apple, the GUI is inextricably bound into the OS kernel.

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No. It really isn't.

 Where are the alternative GUIs for macOS, then? Or the option to boot it
headless? They don’t exist.