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On Jun 3, 2025 at 8:08:29 PM EDT, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" <ldo@nz.invalid>
wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:14:24 +0000, Tyrone wrote:
> 
>> Fun fact: Macs/iPhones/iPads make up the largest installed base of Unix
>> computers by a single company in the world.
> 
> 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.

You repeating this does not make it true.  

>> Unix does not look dead to me.
> 
> When people think “Unix” nowadays, they really mean a Linux or BSD system.
> That’s what works they way they expect a “Unix” system to work. Not Apple.

Only because everyone expects a "Unix" system to be ugly and obtuse.   

It sounds like you are confusing the GUI with the underlying OS.  Underneath
it is a descendent of BSD, with a userland mainly from FreeBSD. 

MacOS/iOS/iPadOS are, in fact, Unix.   Whether you like it or not.