Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?

On 2025-06-04 00:12, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 21:45:14 -0700, Alan wrote:
 

On 2025-06-03 21:10, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 19:48:33 -0700, Alan wrote:
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On 2025-06-03 19:43, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 18:34:22 -0700, Alan wrote:
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So having a choice of GUIs somehow makes the underlying OS
components different?

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It is macOS that is “different” from how people expect a “Unix”
system to behave, not the Linuxes and BSDs. Offering a choice of GUIs
(or no GUI at all), is part of how people expect a “Unix” system to
behave.

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That doesn't even attempt to answer my question.

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You were the one trying to imply, somehow, that Apple’s “Unix” hews
closer to the tradition of what “Unix” is supposed to be about. It’s
not.

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Nope.
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Literally nothing I said implied anything like that.

 Your words are right up there: “So having a choice of GUIs somehow makes
the underlying OS components different?” Did you mean them, or didn’t you?

1. I was asking a question of YOU.
2. Those words don't imply anything about "hewing closer" to anything.

 

It is macOS that is “different” from how people expect a “Unix” system
to behave, not the Linuxes and BSDs. Offering a choice of GUIs (or no
GUI at all), is part of how people expect a “Unix” system to behave.

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People's expectations don't define what something is.

 That’s how language works. Words mean what they are generally expected to
mean.

And?
Just because Apple uses Unix in a different manner doesn't make it into "not Unix".