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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies?
Date: 5 Jun 2025 02:47:19 GMT
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 19:33:46 -0700, % <pursent100@gmail.com> wrote in
<b92cnbY9xeCFn9z1nZ2dnZfqnPqdnZ2d@giganews.com>:

> Alan wrote:
>> On 2025-06-04 19:00, % wrote:
>>> 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 ,
>> 
>> Nope.
>> 
>> Why is it people like you assume that a comment is an attempt to
>> police?
>> 
>> Or since you're commenting about me, can I assume you think YOU've been
>> elected?
>> 
>>> 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
>> 
>> As do I.
>> 
>> The difference is:
>> 
>> You whine about it.
>> 
> do you have a paragraph you would like to submit here ,
> i thought i saw you talking about you

Admit it, % -- he beat you at your own game.

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