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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 18:10:28 -0700
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On 2025-06-04 18:07, % wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-06-04 15:48, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 08:41:29 -0700, Alan wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> How about you go away and actually use some proper *nix systems for a
>>> few years, then you can come back and show us how you’ve answered the
>>> question for yourself.
>>
>> So you can't answer.
>>
>> Got it.
> 
> i can i'm just being rude and not doing it

Are you saying that you're also posting as Lawrence D'Oliveiro?

Because he's the one to whom my words were addressed.

:-)