[geeks] Google announces Google Chrome OS

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Jul 8, 2009, at 23:22 , Michael Parson wrote:


>> Actually, I hear people all the time, even fairly green newbs, talk
>> about Mac OS being UNIX and how that's a benefit.  I've also heard
>> Apple Store personnel talking it up to customers quite a bit.
>>
>> But otherwise, yes, I see what you mean here.  Apple is classic for
>> claiming things it didn't really do, or exaggerating what it did, and
>> quietly removing "bad" information from the public mindset.
>
> I don't mean to get off on a rant here, but...
>
> I don't understand this argument against MacOS X being UNIX.

Who was making that argument?

Geoffrey was talking about how people don't know it is UNIX, not that  
it isn't UNIX.

der Mouse was the one questioning if it was UNIX/UNIX(TM).

> What part of your understanding of 'UNIX' is missing from OS X?

You must be confused and replied to the wrong post, because I never  
said anything like that.

MacOS is not as close to the UNIX I started out on as NetBSD.  NetBSD  
is the closest thing to what I think of when I think of UNIX.

However, I view my Mac system as a UNIX variation just like I do my  
FreeBSD, Solaris, and NetBSD systems, so I'm probably not the one you  
meant to respond to.


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Shannon Hendrix
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