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On 2025-06-04 00:14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> Nobody was disputing that Apple is a licensee of the “Unix” trademark, and
> is entitled to use it to label their products.
> 
> This is why I like to use the term “*nix” with a meaning that has nothing
> to do with the trademark, for how a system is supposed to work. POSIX is a
> core part of that, of course. But there’s a lot more to it. Linux and the
> BSDs conform to this “*nix” concept, while Apple’s OSes do not.

To which "core parts" do Apple's OSes not conform exactly?