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On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 04:28:23 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > They sure as fuck are not on the other Unix I use these days, my
> > $WORK Macintosh. =20
>=20
> But that=E2=80=99s not really a *nix system, is it? It is =E2=80=9CUnix=
=C2=AE=E2=80=9D, but
> =E2=80=9CUnix=C2=AE=E2=80=9D is just a trademark that Apple has licensed,=
 it doesn=E2=80=99t make
> it work like people expect a *nix system to work.

OSX is marvelous - it's Unix when freenix zealots want to count it for
representation in popularity contests vs. The Great Satan of Redmond,
but *not* Unix when they need to justify some arbitrary decision of a
freenix "standards" group as The Only Way. A true chameleon!