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It was developed and is owned by Apple Incorporation. |
It was developed and is owned by IBM. |
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It was launched in 2001. |
It was launched in 1986. |
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Its target system types are workstation, personal computers and embedded systems. |
Its target system types are Server, NAS and workstation. |
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Computer architectures supported by macOS are x86-64(10.4.7-present), IA-32(10.4.4-10.6.8) and PowerPC(10.0-10.5.8). |
Computer architectures supported by AIX are POWER, PowerPC-AS, PowerPC and Power ISA. |
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Its kernel type is Hybrid with modules. |
Its kernel type is Monolithic with modules. |
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Its package management is macOS installer. |
Its package management is installp and RPM. |
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Its update management is Software Update. |
Its update management is Service Update Management Assistant (SUMA). |
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Its native APIs are Carbon, Cocoa, Java and BSD-POSIX. |
Its native APIs are SysV/POSIX. |
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It has preferred license of Proprietary, APSL and GNU GPL. |
It has preferred license Proprietary. |
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The non-native APIs supported by its subsystems are Toolbox, Win16 and Win32. |
The non-native APIs are not supported by its subsystems. |
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It has default GUI 'on'. |
It does not have default GUI 'on'. |
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File systems supported by macOS are HFS+, APFS, HFS, UFS, AFP, ISO 9660, FAT, UDF, NFS, SMBFS, NTFS, FTP, WebDAV and ZFS. |
File systems supported by AIX are JFS, JFS2, ISO 9660, UDF, NFS, SMBFS and GPFS. |