Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

We really like Mac OS X. Really. We now use it as our default OS and, overall, would not want to go back to OS 9. We recognize the advantages that UNIX provides, in terms of stability etc. and would ...

Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

Noting that Mac OS X has “turned unsuspecting Mac users into Unix users, too,” O’Reilly announced the publication of Dave Taylor and Brian Jepson’s “Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther” on Wednesday.

We can all admit that Mac OS X has the best GUI hands down. Anybody who argues that is a blithering idiot and should be shot on sight. Anyway, I'm now going to talk about Mac OS X for what it is - a ...

Apple's forthcoming release of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is the first BSD-based operating system to receive the UNIX 03 certification, placing the Mac maker among an elite group of official UNIX 03 ...

Forty years ago this summer, a programmer sat down and knocked out in one month what would become one of the most important pieces of software ever created. In August 1969, Ken Thompson, a programmer ...

The Open Group has confirmed that Apple's latest OS X client software and server both meet the latest Unix 03 standards Enterprise IT shops looking for more options in computer operating systems now ...

In a twist of irony, the Unix platform celebrates its 40th birthday this year, as does the man whose work probably has done more to diminish the trendiness of Unix than anyone else: Linux founder ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) is introducing a long-awaited upgrade to its Unix operating system (OS) and launching new, affordable Integrity servers in a direct challenge to rival products from IBM Corp.