[Am-info] What Steve Jobs WON'T do at Apple

[Mitch Stone]

On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 08:31 AM, Sujal Shah wrote:

> I'm sure that for people that already use Macs, or pay attention to that
> type of stuff, they've made the connection.

And that is precisely the problem with David Coursey -- he should be at 
least as aware of what's going on as the average Mac user, but he's 
frequently out of touch with basic realities. He has a lengthy history in 
this department. The miracle of it all is, he never seems to be 
embarrassed by his ignorance. Maybe this is the key to true pig-headedness.

>
> I'll be honest... aside from major new stories ("OS X released" type
> things), I didn't pay attention.   I would be willing to believe that a
> large number of Unix professionals and hobbyists like myself did not,
> and still do not know the real beauty of what Apple has done.

That's Apple's fault, really. The word is getting out, though. Based on my 
experience attending MacWorld Expos, I'd say the Unix people are starting 
to move in.

> Sujal
>
> PS. for those skeptics out there, I'm not saying OS X is perfect or even
> everything I'd ever want in an OS.  All I'm saying is that if you
> haven't really tried to use it for a few days, especially if you're a
> Unix/Linux guy, you don't know what you're missing.  Worst case, you see
> where the Linux desktop will be in a few years.  Best case, you see the
> strength of having a well-integrated GUI with the heart of a BSD Unix.
> Heck, maybe you'll get so convinced that you pick up an Apple. :-)
>

   Mitch Stone
   mitch@accidentalexpert.com