Unix was an option, even back then. An expensive option, sure, but you could even run it on some types of Mac:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/UX
Actually A/UX was a pretty amazing operating system. The GUI of a Macintosh with the underpinnings of UNIX. Just like OS X - only in 1988!
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Unix was an option, even back then. An expensive option, sure, but you could even run it on some types of Mac:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/UX
Actually A/UX was a pretty amazing operating system. The GUI of a Macintosh with the underpinnings of UNIX. Just like OS X - only in 1988!