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Mac OS X Leopard is Now Officially Unix

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thank-god-now-cat-will-work dept.

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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  1. I know this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is unix!

    1. Re:I know this... by Code+Master · · Score: 5, Funny
      It is a well kept secret that the new Finder of Leopard will have a 3D interface that is navigated by flying through an oil refinery like layout of 3D block buildings...

      Linux has no hope, because this is UNIX...

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  2. Thank goodness! by Pope · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can finally officially launch Terminal.app and not feel dirty!

    (hooray for betas :)

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  3. Saints preserve us by pzs · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that turtle neck wearing goatie bearded design weenies will start calling themselves Unix geeks?

    Peter

    1. Re:Saints preserve us by stuntpope · · Score: 4, Funny

      Only if pony-tailed, sandal-wearing bearded fat guys with rainbow suspenders start calling themselves sensitive artists.

  4. Re:GNU incompatability by KH · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did you forget that GNU is Not Unix?

  5. Re:No Linux? by danbert8 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean Linux doesn't stand for "Linux Is Not Unix"?

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  6. Re:I think its a major achievement by nightcats · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...

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  7. Re:No Linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you mean "Linux Is Not Unix, Xavier", as uttered by RMS in the confusing GPLv2-vs.-X-Men crossover

  8. Re:Doesn't make me want to buy an Apple any more by Professor_UNIX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I look at all the people coming out of the Apple store when I walk around town during lunch & those people REALLY DON'T CARE, that's for sure, they look like they're in a trance coming out of that store...
    Well, if they're anything like me they're probably just contemplating whether or not they can pay off their credit card bill next month after buying a MacBook Pro and AppleCare coverage. "Hmm, if I only make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the family I might be able to pay for half of the MacBook Pro this month and half next month... Oh shit, I should really just take it back... oh man, but I'd have to pay a $250 restocking fee... shit. I'm just going to go home and play with it and maybe I'll feel better about my purchase even though my 15" Powerbook was working perfectly fine and was only 2 years old."

    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!

  9. GNU by AlanCramer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn, GNU is still Not UNIX.....you win this round yet again mac fanboys!

    1. Re:GNU by lilomar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Which explains why Linux will never be Unix.

      Math:
      GNU/Linux = !Unix/Linux
      so, (hypothetically) if Linux = Unix, then GNU/Linux = !Unix/Unix
      We can't let Unix be 0, because then there would be no Unix, and we can't have that.
      So, let Unix = !0.
      now, !Unix/Unix = !(!0)/!0
      this simplifies to 0/!0
      since 0 over any non-0 is 0
      we get GNU/Linux = 0. Now, GNU/Linux is not 0 for the same reason Unix isn't 0. (it's just to awesome to not exist) So, therefore, Linux != Unix. Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

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    2. Re:GNU by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Funny

      well it would just become GNU's now UNIX... duh... :)

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    3. Re:GNU by Svet-Am · · Score: 3, Funny

      would Stallman's head exploding REALLY be a bad thing?

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    4. Re:GNU by MrNiceguy_KS · · Score: 5, Funny

      Think of the mess! There'd be beard EVERYWHERE!

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  10. Re:OS X was finally my opportunity to learn UNIX by dbzero · · Score: 5, Funny

    First rule of unix, never tell anyone you use pico. Second rule of unix, NEVER TELL ANYONE YOU USE PICO! ...

  11. Oblig. by xerent_sweden · · Score: 3, Funny

    In soviet russia, computer systems certify you!

  12. Re:It passed the certification by russotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  13. Re:I think its a major achievement by memfrob · · Score: 4, Funny

    IBM Corporation: AIX[...]

    Now we know they're joking. When did IBM port AIX to UNIX? :)

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  14. Re:I think its a major achievement by daem0n1x · · Score: 5, Funny

    If The Open Group is "making standards work" (TM), then who is Making Work Standard?

    Well, Soviet Russia, of course!

  15. GNU by pedestrian+crossing · · Score: 5, Funny

    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....

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  16. Thanks for the precision... by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:Thanks for the precision... by bhtooefr · · Score: 4, Funny

      If he were a real geek, he'd write a POSIX-compliant OS, drivers, everything in assembler. And he'd APPRECIATE the isolation. Then, he'd do a cantenna case mod, and get Internet, too. :P

  17. Re:It passed the certification by jimicus · · Score: 3, Funny

    But if there is, I'm sure the ICBM will be easy to use and the resulting explosion very pretty.

  18. Re:How expensive is it? by YourMotherCalled · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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!
  19. Pico by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    First rule of unix, never tell anyone you use pico. Second rule of unix, NEVER TELL ANYONE YOU USE PICO! ...

    The trick is to write a set of macros that implement Pico in EMACS. Then you're safe.

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