12 Dec
2011
12 Dec
'11
9:32 a.m.
On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:16 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
On 12 December 2011 15:31, Mark Benson <md.benson
at gmail.com> wrote:
OK, OS X's "so-called" UNIX implementation is actually UNIX (unlike some
other OS's I can name). It actually passed the X/Open groups UNIX standardization
test suite. You can count on one hand (and have fingers left over) for the number of
Unix-like systems that have passed that. Because of trademarking, you can't actually
call an OS as UNIX unless it has passed the X/Open suite. At best all you can say is that
it's Unix-like. That puts *all* the Linux distributions, plus all of the BSD variants
into that category (i.e. not actually UNIX).
TTFN - Guy
On 12 Dec 2011, at 14:29, Liam Proven <lproven
at gmail.com> wrote:
If you need to run non-Aqua or non-OS X-native apps, then you're
probably running the wrong OS. It has been axiomatic for decades that
you choose the apps you need to fit your requirements, then pick the
best OS to support them and buy whatever hardware it needs.
I find OS X a great Internet client OS and a good solid productivity
platform. (I don't actually run it as such day-to-day, as I don't have
any current or recent Mac hardware - all mine are PowerPC or MC68K. I
won't pay the prices for new Macintel H/W.)
But if I wanted to build a firewall or an workgroup server, it would
not be on the shopping list at all.
Horses for courses, you know!
I am sure you're right. I have never tried,
personally, despite using
OS X for a decade now. Never encountered the need.
Lucky. A lot of us have and it rarely ends well, or if it does the part in the middle is
a nightmare. The point was that your assertion that it's a
'friendly' OS is really only skin deep. Actually it's a awkward bastardisation
of BSD UNIX with a friendly *GUI*.
It is a superbly friendly OS and I think its adoption figures, and the
users' responses, more than bear that out.
It's not your grandfather's Unix, nor is it Windows or Linux, and if
you need them, then no, it's a poor choice.
I'd nominate VMS as friendly way before OS
X's so-called UNIX implementation.
[Roars with laughter]
This must be some strange new usage of the word "friendly" that I
wasn't previously aware of. ;?)