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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Gassee joins the fray
Date: 24 Jan 2015 21:38:23 GMT
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On 2015-01-24, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>
> With "Back to Mac", Apple seems to have decided that it no longer needed
> the Unix users and wanted instead to get those iPhone users to buy Macs
> and as such, the Unix side became less important.

Nice try, but nope. Apple hasn't decided to abandon us Unix users, no
matter how often you make that claim. As a representative of Unix users,
I can say we are still quite happy with Mac OS X, and we also appreciate
all of the "Back to Mac" features such as Continuity and so on that make
working with Macs and iOS devices easier than ever. One doesn't have to
give up Unix goodness to have great usability. The two are not mutually
exclusive, as you suggest. Apple understands this far better than you
apparently do.

> And that is a problem with proprieraty operating systems: the vendor can
> change direction with the wind, leaving the installed base stranded
> because the vendor is now seeking a different market to grow and is
> letting go of one of the original market niche.

If you are stranded, it's of your own doing. The rest of us are happy
with Apple's direction. Maybe you should stop trying to speak for all of
us and just speak for yourself instead.

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