Comment by delish

2 years ago

For the record, the Dilbert comic[0] whence "here's a nickel, kid" mentions Unix, not Linux. macOS is a certified Unix.

Accordingly, Macs c/o Unix have been used to perform real work for decades.

Even so Don Norman, Apple Fellow, wrote the forward to the Unix Hater's Handbook. I say this to say there's serious thought behind Apple's OSes _pre-Unix_ and criticism of Unix. (See e.g. John Siracusa's encomia to the spatial Finder).

[0] https://i.imgur.com/z96dZ0x.jpg

> macOS is a certified Unix.

So's z/OS, whereas FreeBSD isn't.

Also, there are Linux distros that are certified Unixes: Inspur K-UX, for example.

> Unix Hater's Handbook

Ah, yes, the "our favorite proprietary system was killed by Open Systems and we're Big Mad about it" book.