BFP-I-547: Inspector for "platform" of operating system

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https://bigfix-ideas.hcltechsw.com/ideas/BFP-I-547

Currently the operating system inspector has true/value properties that map to platforms: android, aix, mac, linux, windows, unix. This inspector is useful, but working with it can be awkward and limiting.

Please add an additional inspector, platform of operating system. This inspector should output text which directly maps to the above true/false inspector properties. These mappings should be maintained going forward. If an OS returns “true” for multiple boolean inspectors, platform should return the matching multiple text strings.

Adding this inspector makes working with and deploying BigFix in multiplatform environments more graceful, and useful.

Q: operating system
A: Win11 10.0.22631.4890 (23H2)

A: windows of operating system
A: True

A: mac of operating system
A: False

A: platform of operating system
A: windows

Q: operating system
A: Linux CentOS 7.9.2009 (3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.tuxcare.els15.x86_64)
T: 3.000 ms

Q: windows of operating system
A: False

Q: mac of operating system
A: False

Q: unix of operating system
A: True

Q: linux of operating system
A: True

Q: platform of operating system
A: unix
A: linux
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