Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?

On Tue, 3 Jun 2025 19:48:33 -0700, Alan wrote:

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:
 

So having a choice of GUIs somehow makes the underlying OS components
different?

 
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.

 
That doesn't even attempt to answer my question.

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.

As for "infrastructure of the entire Internet"...
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...what does it matter if there's a GUI or not on those servers...

 
Precisely my point.

 
Which is what?

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.