marathon@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agoApparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linuxwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square203fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linuxwww.youtube.commarathon@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square203fedilink
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoI’m not that surprised, a lot of people around me dot have a clear picture of what is the relationship between MacOS, Linux and Unix is. So I suppose some of them would guess that Linux is a modern fork of Unix and MacOS based on Unix.
minus-squareThe Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoI know a guy who worked on Unix in the '80s and he is very clear that Linux / MacOS are just Unix.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoYes but no. Some folks are purists and feel that the actual code must derive from the original BSD/SysV code.
I’m not that surprised, a lot of people around me dot have a clear picture of what is the relationship between MacOS, Linux and Unix is. So I suppose some of them would guess that Linux is a modern fork of Unix and MacOS based on Unix.
I know a guy who worked on Unix in the '80s and he is very clear that Linux / MacOS are just Unix.
Yes but no. Some folks are purists and feel that the actual code must derive from the original BSD/SysV code.