[wlug] Re: Remembering Unix Desktops - and What We Can Learn From Them

On Mon, 29 Jan 2024 11:32:24 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:

'You could argue that macOS, based on the multi-threaded, multi-processing microkernel operating system Mach, BSD Unix, and the open source Darwin, is the most successful of all Unix operating systems. '

The only one still standing, but I suspect its sales are declining. A hint as to its increasing irrelevance is that Ken Thompson, of the original Bell Labs crew that created Unix, has drawn a close to being a long-time Apple user and switched to Linux.