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I don't know who would argue that.

There was a lot of Unix already, and Linux ate it's lunch by being a simple recompile away.

MacOS does a lot to try and hide that it's a Unix.

> There is a ton of cross pollination between mac and Linux software

Do we have any good examples, because Apple spends a lot of effort breaking cross platform compatibility?

> at least on the command line.

There is a lot of Linux command line software ported to MacOS, but I can't think of any good examples for the other way around.



Apple does a good job staying up to date with UNIX standards, it is the devs that live in GNU land that get surprised.

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/


I'm not sure who you are talking to, I didn't say anything about Apple not keeping up with Unix standards.


>...Apple spends a lot of effort breaking cross platform compatibility?


Which is half of a sentence and distorted the question.

> > There is a ton of cross pollination between mac and Linux software

> Do we have any good examples, because Apple spends a lot of effort breaking cross platform compatibility?

BuT aPpLe aRe UnIx CeRtIfiEd.

Doesn't mean there is any cross pollination from MacOS to Linux.




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