Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by EliRivers 2331 days ago
Yeah, those idiots! They buy something from Apple, and then find it doesn't work. What did they expect.

This, of course, is passive-aggressive snark. Suffice to say that I disagree with you; why shouldn't people expect software they buy from Apple to work? People buy from Apple because they don't want to have to deal with all this sort of crap; they just want it to work.
2 comments
giancarlostoro 2331 days ago
I am more surprised Apple doesnt invest in their own Unix utils packages honestly. Its not like they dont have the money to do so.
link
wtracy 2331 days ago
Steve Jobs originally wanted to strip out the shell entirely and only support POSIX at the level of the C API. To this day, Apple acts like they've been strong-armed into providing support for the Unix utilities.

I can understand the attitude that 99% of their userbase will never touch the command line, but that last 1% represents the developers that keep the whole ecosystem going.

link
gdfasfklshg4 2331 days ago
We actually broadly agree that it is a shame that Apple don't support their Unix utilities.
link