11 Aug
2007
11 Aug
'07
9:18 a.m.
[quote from the NYT]
In the [']80s, [UNIX] had a significant impact in
the computer
workstation and minicomputer markets, although it never gained a
significant foothold in the personal computer business until Steven
P. Jobs brought a version of Unix with him when he returned to Apple
Computer in 1997.
[response to it]
What does Apple and Steve Jobs have to do with Unix?
They gave Unix a foothold in the personal computer business when they
switched from MacOS to something Unix-based. I'd guess that, to a
first approximation, all personal computers running anything Unixy are
Macs running OSX. (A second approximation would recognize Linux.
Everything else is even more fringe.)
Yes, I know OSX is Mach under the hood. For the NYT's purposes (and a
lot of others, too) it's Unix.
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