marathon@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agoApparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linuxwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down113
arrow-up1121arrow-down1external-linkApparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linuxwww.youtube.commarathon@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareBogasse@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·7 hours 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-up2·5 hours 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-up2·4 hours 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.