mac is not unix [Re: What was that about hubris?]

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Peter Evans wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 09:49:40AM -0700, Paul M. Moriarty wrote:
> > Simply put, a Mac is a UNIX box with a great GUI that runs most commercial, 
> > off-the-shelf software that people actually want.  For me, that's worth 
> > paying a premium.
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>       Pause to count number of good games on the mac.

Well actually, I believed that as well.

But as it was explained to me by a very nice guy, an operating system is 
built of three components. The core, the GUI and the command interface. 
Of all these, only the last is Unix-based.

The myth sounds good, though.

Can anyone confirm?


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