Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix

Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by nasretdinov on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:56PM (#41822490)

I wonder what's the reason for Apple to do this though? Convincing more people to run a macOS server instead of a Linux/BSD one is unlikely the reason (in my mind), but it doesn't make any other sense either...

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Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by lemme_tell_ya on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:38PM (#41822903)

> I wonder what's the reason for Apple to do this though?

> it was done to get Apple out of a $200M lawsuit filed by The Open Group, for use of the UNIX™ trademark in advertising.

https://www.quora.com/What-goes-into-making-an-OS-to-be-Unix...

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Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by linguae on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:00PM (#41822520)

Official Unix certification may matter at workplaces and institutions where such certifications are required for meeting some type of compliance criteria. For example, if I remember correctly, early versions of Windows NT had a POSIX compatibility layer, which was crucial for getting Windows NT accepted by some US government agencies.

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Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by BirAdam on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:11PM (#41822637)

Still, I hope Apple resurrects their server line… hardware and software. It’d be nice to have a server oriented UNIX running on Apple Silicon without resorting to Linux.

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Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by mattl on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:31PM (#41822840)

OpenBSD works on Apple silicon, has done for the last few releases.

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Re:Apple macOS 15 Sequoia is officially Unix by ManuelKiessling on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:16PM (#41822691)

Cutler must have hated that layer!

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