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2010-11-01
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Originally Posted by Berserk
It hasn't been always unix until it was X. You are right, X stands for 10, so the correct way to read is mac os ten.
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2010-11-01
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Originally Posted by xabier
So why then, on the packaging, after the X is 10.6.xx
It hasn't been always unix until it was X. You are right, X stands for 10, so the correct way to read is mac os ten.
Is it "OS ten ten point six point ....." NO!
I swear apple need to just go die quietly in the corner! Not only can they not even get a working aerial without stealing patents, it's pretty obvious they can't count either!
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2010-11-01
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@ Pennsylvania, USA
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Originally Posted by Berserk
Prior to Mac OS X, MacOS was a set of self-actualizing APIs, not so much an operating system. It certainly wasn't based on *nix.
Hasn't MacOS always been Unix-based?
NeXTSTEP was Unix-based. Mac OS X is an evolution of NeXTSTEP.
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2010-11-01
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@ China
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For what stands empty files in MyDocs/Mac\ OS/
by default, is it supposed to be like examples.desktop in ubuntu? why they empty then?
by default, is it supposed to be like examples.desktop in ubuntu? why they empty then?
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2010-11-01
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Originally Posted by jukzh
Are you referring to the AppleDouble files on the N900?
For what stands empty files in MyDocs/Mac\ OS/
by default, is it supposed to be like examples.desktop in ubuntu? why they empty then?
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2010-11-02
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Thanks for clarifying about MacOS / Unix 
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Even though these programs are available for free, I would appreciate any donations