I think it's interesting that people who bag people who prefer Macs
often resort to comments like "oh it's fine for people who don't know
anything about computers" or "it's good for housewives".
According to Apple, Mac OS X is a fully compliant UNIX:
"UNIX certification.
Leopard is an Open Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to the
SUSv3 and POSIX 1003.1 specifications for the C API, Shell Utilities,
and Threads. Since Leopard can compile and run all your existing UNIX
code, you can deploy it in environments that demand full conformance —
complete with hooks to maintain compatibility with existing software. "
So, what is it missing, in your experience?
Guy
On 24/10/2008, at 11:23 AM, Dmitri Girski wrote:
Hi Guy,
I know FreeBSD/Linux quite well to say that OSX's underlying unix is
just a castrated version of FreeBSD to make it safe for the
housewifes/designers.
If they are not happy with Win/Cygwin I doubt that they found a
happiness with MacOs.
Cheers,
Dmitri.
--- In [email protected], Guy Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That's not so true any more. I have lots of hard-core geek friends
and
> many of them are moving to OSX because it's got unix under the hood,
