Linked by David Adams on Wed 1st Aug 2007 06:24 UTC, submitted by Tyr.
Mac OS X OS X's commercial credentials recently got a major boost from the Open Group. Thanks to the efforts of Apple's OS boss Kevin Van Vechten and his team, Leopard has cleared all of the hurdles required to attain UNIX 03 certification. Only Sun, IBM & HP are certified so OS X turns the Big Three to Big Four.
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It can open niche doors
by zizban on Wed 1st Aug 2007 23:35 UTC
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I have a friends he works in IT at a denfese contractor nearby and he told me they only use Unix there. I asked him about Linux and he said in his field, it has to be a certified Unix so all their system runs exactly same whatever Unix they use. And by Unix he means systems like Solaris that passed the Open Group's tests. Don't disregard this; this will open some new doors to places where not even MS can go.