[GLLUG] MAC G5 1.8dual

[STeve Andre']

On 10/02/12 21:17, Robar Philip wrote:
> On Oct 2, 2012, at 6:57 PM, STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 10/02/12 19:49, Robar Philip wrote:
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>>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Clay Dowling <clay at lazarusid.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If it's running OSX, the CLI will seem pretty similar to you. It’s not a proper UNIX system, but it’s close enough that it will feel right.
>>> This is simply not true. Unlike Linux, OS X is UNIX®.
>> Well, no, that's not quite right either. MacOS is somewhat based on Darwin.
>> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29 for
>> more details.
>>
>> UNIX is a trademark, owned by someone but not Apple. ;-)
> I made no claim that the UNIX® mark is owned by Apple. It is in fact held “in trust” by The Open Group.
>
> Today, the definition of UNIX is: have you passed The Open Group’s test(s) and have you paid the fee to use the mark. Apple has. Therefore OS X is, by definition, UNIX®.
>
> See here: http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/apple.htm
>
> Note, only Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.8 are mentioned, but 10.5 was also registered (http://arstechnica.com/apple/2007/08/mac-os-x-leopard-receives-unix-03-certification/).
>
>
> Phil
>
>
Wow, I've been living under a rock too long.  OK, so Apple does conform to
the Open Group stuff, so it seems to be that they can use UNIT(tm), unless
SCO crawls out from it's grave to try and take it.

Thanks for the correction.  I've some reading to do.

--STeve Andre'