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by pjmlp 1368 days ago
Love that the UNIX compatibility layer is called Don Quixote, and how the document reveals the way UNIX was always seen from Apple glasses.

> Don Quixote is not intended to be a replacement for a standard full-featured UNIX system -- rather, it is a reduced-complexity UNIX for "the rest of us" who want some or all of the capabilities of UNIX but don't want the difficulties associated with a standard UNIX.

> ...

> Both NeXT and A/UX are using this approach to attempt to turn a relatively traditional UNIX workstation into a personal computer. The "wrapper" approach does not address the fundamental problem -- the complexity of UNIX.

Taken from UNIX Adapter chapter