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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:19:51 -0400, Joel wrote:

> It has Unix within it, I grant that ...

No, it has the legal right to use the “Unix” trademark, which is not quite 
what normal people mean when they say “It’s a Unix system, I know this!”.

> ... but the Apple GUI is goofball shit ...

Another relic of the 1990s idea that the GUI should be tied inextricably 
into the OS kernel. Proper *nixes never fell into that trap.

Even BeOS fell for that, which is why it’s just a museum piece now.