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iOS?

// puts on beard and sandals //

Hey kid, here's 50c, go buy yourself a real computer. :D

Actually -- if Mac OSX is a certified Unix. And iOS is a variant of OSX. Does that mean that my phone is running an "official" UNIX?

Because that makes Zakuzaa one of those "condescending unix users"

That is an interesting question. However, just because OS X is certified Unix, doesn't mean that the stripped down version of it is also Unix.

To be honest, I'm not sure what value Apple got out of certifying.

Bragging rights? Even the geeks don't care. :D

Sell a few more tens of dozens of their now defunct rack units to some large corporate? yawn

Interoperability with 70s mainframes? zzzzz

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Linux being the perfect example that sometimes being 'Unixy enough' is all that matters. (Though I'd bet dollars to donuts there's someone out there in geekland who has sweated blood and tears over/because of the miniscule differences some time or other.) raises a shot glass in silent thanks to those who wentbefore us and fought for our liberty

"... Hey kid, here's 50c, go buy yourself a real computer. :D ..."

Love that dilbert cartoon, so much I stuck ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/198438354/ & stick it ~ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/3502346479/ on my monitor

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