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		user5994461 on Dec 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Unix made it to the top Indeed, noone uses BSD. Is mac considered as a Unix? I think it'd be considered as its own thing by now.

riffic on Dec 18, 2016 | [–]

Yes, macOS is (or OS X has) been considered a Unix:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1489/is-mac-os-x-un...

kgwgk on Dec 18, 2016 | | [–]

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3131s on Dec 18, 2016 | [–]

Pretty sure HN runs on FreeBSD.

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