I avoided addressing this in the interest of simplicity. A desktop or laptop running OSX 10.5 or higher is technically a Unix computer. I suspect the preponderance of Apple computers in active use are running earlier versions of OSX. When I refer to "Unix servers", I have in mind a category of enterprise class systems, the market for which is dominated by Sun and IBM. It's possible some Apple hardware is included in this mix, but focusing on that is basically a distraction.
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, David K Watson <[email protected]>wrote: > I don't see the contradiction here. OS X (at least 10.5 and > 10.5 server) *IS* Unix. With 10.5, Apple went through the > effort of getting official unix certification from the Unix Open > Group. So it's not just "unix-like" or "based on unix" anymore. > > > On May 1, 2009, at 11:03 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: > > From: John Emmerling <[email protected]> >> >> Could you please provide some statistics and an unbiased reference to >> corroborate this? >> In my experience, and I've worked in IT many years, "mission-critical" >> systems tend to be servers running some form of Unix. Often there's a >> mainframe in the picture as well. >> >> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> People with jobs in the "fear" and "terror" class generally use Macs. For >>> good reason. >>> >> >> > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
