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Mac OS X Leopard is Now Officially Unix
An anonymous reader writes "Mac OS X Leopard is now officially Unix, according to the Opengroup." I know everyone out there was really worried about this one. Welcome to the August news vacuum!
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this is unix!
I can finally officially launch Terminal.app and not feel dirty!
:)
(hooray for betas
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
Because it's freakin LEOPARD, man. LEOPARD!
Does this mean that turtle neck wearing goatie bearded design weenies will start calling themselves Unix geeks?
Peter
Open your eyes. Unix as we know and love it is dead. OpenGroup can sell you a Unix certificate, but that it just a word - a piece of paper. They are just taking money away from the idiots. I could also sell you a property on moon and give you a piece of paper for that so that you could go out and brag about it. It's really the same thing. It has no real meaning these days - ask RMS if you don't believe me. This days "Unix" is not the old school "Unix" we all learned and loved and even if it was then so what? Would OSX have been less usable if it never got that Unix certificate??? What REAL VALUE does this bring to OSX users? Care to explain it to me, because I must be stupid, I've only used Unix since 1978! All this stupid theater is only there to fool you nerds to believe Apple has something really unique to offer to you. It's just a clever Apple marketing trick to fool nerds! It has no real value to any one of you! I'm 100% sure about that!
So CSO now wons Apple? whatever next! (huh??)
No, Next folded and Jobs came over to Apple. Pixar on third.
music lover since 1969
Did you forget that GNU is Not Unix?
You mean Linux doesn't stand for "Linux Is Not Unix"?
Yes it's an anecdote! Were you expecting original research in a Slashdot comment?
If The Open Group is "making standards work" (TM), then who is Making Work Standard? These are the really big questions that we have long meetings about here in corporate America. These are the things you contemplate when you've finished your third cup of jove and are sitting on the porcelain throne, thinking about death...
Development is programmable; Discovery is not programmable. (Fuller)
And in other news, the Pope is officially Catholic.
Out of order? Fuck! Even in the future nothing works! - Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) "Spaceballs"
I think you mean "Linux Is Not Unix, Xavier", as uttered by RMS in the confusing GPLv2-vs.-X-Men crossover
At least, that was what was going through my head when my eyes were glossed over and I was trudging to the car with my shiny 15" MacBook Pro in my hand. But hey, can I really call myself an American if I don't have several thousand dollars worth of credit card debt spent on totally expendable consumer electronic devices? I don't think so!
Damn, GNU is still Not UNIX.....you win this round yet again mac fanboys!
Rich And Stupid is not so bad as Working For Rich And Stupid.
First rule of unix, never tell anyone you use pico. Second rule of unix, NEVER TELL ANYONE YOU USE PICO! ...
So first - I agree with what the other fella said. You don't go around admitting things like that. If you really want to dis vi - start using emacs, and proclaim it to the world (wear a helmet).
Speaking as a vi user; it's not black magic. It is a little dark arts, though yes.
For black magic, you want to start doing your text editing with awk.
To really cross over to the other side, do everything in perl.
Running Windows^H^H^H^H^H^H^H OSX and Linux in the home. (I don't have time for Solitaire any more.)
In soviet russia, computer systems certify you!
Apple used to specifically claim their products were not certified for use in weapons systems (one of the disclaimers in MPW), so there may not be a 10.5 for ICBMs.
Thats so 1950s.
I am one of the ashamed MAC users. I dont dare put the apple sticker on my car.
you see I bought a used dual core G5. I know, I know, how DARE I buy used, but worse, it's not even Intel based.
The other mac users in my neighborhood look at me with disgust. I run 10.4, use a forbidden G5 processor and do not want to upgrade to the Intel mac platform. I am shunned, looked down upon and they even throw their half eaten croissants with caviar on them at me and spew insults like "OBSOLETE LOVER!" or "GET AN INTEL YOU SLOB!" as I walk past their homes.
I feel your pain brother. I feel your pain.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Now we know they're joking. When did IBM port AIX to UNIX? :)
The Wizard utters the word 'frobnoid!' and cackles gleefully
If The Open Group is "making standards work" (TM), then who is Making Work Standard?
Well, Soviet Russia, of course!
It's right there in the name. GNU's Not Unix.
Stallman's head would probably explode if they certified a GNU/Linux system as Unix!
hmmm....
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
But for everyone else out there, remember : Every time you call a glossy Mac a Unix Server, a geek somewhere dies.
Or he is kept in isolation in a high security prison with a pristine, never installed Dual 4 Cores Xeon 32 Go RAM 10 Gb Ethernet card with a Ginormous(TM) 34" LCD screen Quad Nvidia 8800 GTX SLI and only a WinME cd with no Internet access and VGA drivers.
Well, to keep things short he suffers. A lot.
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
But if there is, I'm sure the ICBM will be easy to use and the resulting explosion very pretty.
You filthy bastard, I've clicked your link and now I feel so dirty. Why do I always have to be the nice geek and never the ruthless manager.
...ranging from $40.000 or so and up to $500.000... $40 to $500 (with an extra digit of precision on the cents thrown in for good measure) doesn't seem too bad. Those companies should be able to afford that easily!The trick is to write a set of macros that implement Pico in EMACS. Then you're safe.
Breakfast served all day!
So I guess that explains why Jobs is so adamantly opposed to The Button.