> The only reason Unix is popular for a workstation at all nowadays is because Linux runs everything.

And at a stroke the entire history of Sun, Solaris and Sun OS is brushed under the carpet as though it never existed. Yes. I give up. You win. Workstations only exist because of Linux. I think I need a little lie down.

Because people think it's cool to just call it Linux and endlessly deride Stallman for insisting it be called GNU/Linux, even though the nuance is very important in discussions like this one.

I don't think Sun is responsible for Apple's choice of a Unix. I was around in the late 90s, and Linux really was an amazing workstation — far more so than a Sun, because the value for money ratio was incredibly good.

I also remember when OS X first came out (and before that, mklinux), and the selling point was that it was a Unix, like Linux.

I'd still rather have a Linux workstation than a Mac. Linux gets out of my way and lets me work. Solaris never did that (oh, the days of Solaris 'packages' …), and OS X still doesn't.