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On Jun 2, 2025 at 8:40:29 PM EDT, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid>
wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Jun 2025 15:48:31 +0000, Tyrone wrote:
> 
>>> Apple is not a computer company.
>> 
>> Apple is the largest computer and software company in the world.
> 
> Fun fact: they dropped the word “Computer” from their name decades ago.\

So?   Everything they sell is still a computer. 

>> And every computer they sell is running Unix. From Macs to watches.
> 
> What is “Unix”? It’s just a trademark. The original meaning of a
> particular way for a computer system (OS and userland) to operate has
> gone, and Apple played an instrumental part in killing it.

Fun fact: Macs/iPhones/iPads make up the largest installed base of Unix
computers by a single company in the world. 

Unix does not look dead to me.