Can someone tell me what this means?

[Cameron Kaiser]

> This from today's New York Times story at 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/technology/11novell.html about SCO 
> losing its claims to ownership of Unix:
> 
> "The Unix operating system, which has become popular with some 
> independent-minded PC users as well as in the corporate world, was 
> developed by AT&T researchers at Bell Labs beginning in 1969. During 
> the 1970s, the operating system became highly influential in academic 
> computing and in computer science departments.
> 
> In the _80s, it had a significant impact in the computer workstation 
> and minicomputer markets, although it never gained a significant 
> foothold in the personal computer business until Steven P. Jobs 
> brought a version of Unix with him when he returned to Apple Computer 
> in 1997. Some PC makers have begun to offer versions of Linux instead 
> of Microsoft_s Windows operating systems."
> 
> What does Apple and Steve Jobs have to do with Unix?  

I think the statement is legitimate. Mac OS X is the Unixy thing with the
largest installed user base. I would imagine, though I have no figures,
that they are at the top or near the top of the desktop Unix market simply
because of the number of OS X capable Macs out there.

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