Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?

On 2025-06-04 08:43, Joel wrote:

Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:

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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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.

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

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

  To the extent that Apple's brand of Unix makes it a much sleeker OS
than M$'s, I fully endorse that.  It's powerful software.  The problem
I have with Macs is more the expense.  Building a PC to run Linux is
inexpensive, I have two NVMe drives, now, the second one was like $30.
 

And that is completely valid.
I'm willing to pay the extra because I like what I get.
:-)