Apparently, 12% of Technology Workers Believe that MacOS is based on Linux
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What are you looking for?
Actually, what OP is referring to should be called GNU/Linux. Here's a link to do some more research https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
Is apple free? No? Then it's either violating the GNU license or it is not based on it
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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.
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I'm familiar with Linux, having used it daily since 1999.
I'm referring to the research about tech workers thinking that MacOS is based on Linux.
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Since OP is sharing it, op should back it up, not you
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Unix, Linux, whats the diff?
<ducks and runs>
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The Mac OS X core operating system is based on proven technology from many sources. A large portion of this technology is derived from FreeBSD, a version of 4.4BSD that offers advanced networking, performance, security, and compatibility features.
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Oh...
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I love the idea of licensing comments XD
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I get that it specifies tech workers, but still my first reaction was that 12% is pretty low. You can find a much higher percentage of people who are confidently wrong about way more important things.
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You're probably the only one, but thank you for saying that.
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I mean it's kind of like the "humans evolved from monkeys" or whatever primate you want to substitute for monkey. No, they branched off from a common ancestor though.
I mean lots of people get mixed up between BSD, Linux, UNIX, and all the variations over the years. Is MacOS a version of Linux? No. Is a human a type of ape? No. Are MacOS and Linux way, way closer than either are to Windows, hell yes. Just like people are way closer to being monkeys than swallows. There's a lot of mixed breeding in both examples and a lot of total incompatibilities as well.
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I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. GNU is not an operating system unto itself, but rather a gathering of the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components that together with a Linux kernel comprise a full OS as defined by POSIX.
(Finally it's the other way around
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It's a mess: 24C3: Inside the Mac OS X Kernel ~inv.nadeko.net~.
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They probably are thinking of the FreeBSD stuff in macOS.
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12% of people believed JFK was going to be resurrected a year ago or some dumb shit. The point is, more than 1/4 of the population are not smart.
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Pft, everyone knows macOS is just a fancy DE on top of Hannah Montana Linux
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Most people think UNIX and Linux are the same thing so this makes sense. Obviously to us they aren’t but for most people it really doesn’t matter. I’m sure they’ll still sleep at night.
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Humans are apes.
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Is a human a type of ape? No.
