Path: local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:14:24 +0000 From: Tyrone Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Where Are The Computer Companies? X-No-Archive: Yes References: <4xudnYJGWODS66H1nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@supernews.com> <101lg9s$3j9qp$10@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp for MacOS X-Usenapp: v1.27.4/l - Full License Message-ID: Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:14:24 +0000 Lines: 23 X-Trace: sv3-hR40weHLqCf+EOB55+5dz7y+QWZ1Rggy/PrBRWaccp6fyoQ5a66RSMS9CF58GPKNMkR1thVO+0saBw+!fSEceOc1QgzzvTb1oJdC49qxKByumh7wgg51f8vAQqgNdoQF+AeOjVeZ+DtBENMVUXKiP8ixra9y!NzZFB1WfDiU= X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2018 On Jun 2, 2025 at 8:40:29 PM EDT, "Lawrence D'Oliveiro" 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.