San Francisco (CA) – The Open Group announced that both Apple’s latest operating systems have been awarded a certificate of conformance to the UNIX 03 standard.

Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Server Leopard are the first operating systems from the open source BSD base to meet the certification requirements of the Open Group, which were developed for the Single UNIX Specification version 3.

The certification is significant both for UNIX as well as Apple users. On the UNIX side, Mac OS X is now considered to be extending the installed base of UNIX systems in the marketplace with a mass-market desktop platform. For Apple users, the certification allows users to take advantage of other UNIX 03 applications that are currently available from Fujitsu, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Sun Microsystems.
 
Mac OS X 10.5, dubbed “Leopard”, was launched in late October and brought more than 300 new features, according to Apple. The manufacturer said that more than two million copies of the software were delivered within two days of its introduction.

Too Bad...

Nov 24, 2007 15:10     

Thats great and all, but its a shame the software wasn't properly tested prior to its release. There are so many problems with the new OS, its a joke. Why on earth would Apple program the blue screen of death into its OS? WHY!!?!?! I'm a Window's user.
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It was a 3rd party program that did it Jackman

Nov 27, 2007 12:34     

The program "Application Enhancer" is what did it. Many programs use it and pre load it when you use their product. One being, Logitech Mice. How many Apple users use Logitech Mice? Lots. Another Window user that is clueless. If you did not have this program OR you had the updated version ( I had the updated version) Everything went smooth as butter!
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"Another Window user that is clueless"

Nov 29, 2007 15:17     

Clearly if users of windows were reasonable, they would immediately stop using their operating system of choice and immediately convert to yours eh? 10.4 = no BSOD. 10.5 = BSOD. Sure it'll get fixed. In the interim it's causing problems. If there are that many people with logitech mice (or whatever) then Apple should have tested the product for that configuration.
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response to some posted comments

Jan 04, 2008 12:20     

Apple does not and should not be responsible for testing any thirdy party equipment. If the product does not work because of driver issues, then that's the fault of logictech or whoever made the product. If Apple were to be held responsible for that stuff, then it's truly Microsoft's fault for having so many incompatible programs. Why do jackcrackerman and anonymous from Nov. 29 think that OS X Leopard gets BSOD. After all, I'ver never encountered it.

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