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Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?
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From: % <pursent100@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2025 19:00:11 -0700
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Alan wrote:
> On 2025-06-04 18:13, % wrote:
>> Alan wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> :-)
>>
>> this is a public format you addressed comp.os.linux.advocacy
> 
> I understand that...
> 
> ...but that doesn't mean words aren't directed to what previous people 
> have said.

did someone elect you to be the newsgroup cop ,
or did you just elect yourself and then start ,
either way we got a problem due to the fact ,
that i do as i please here