[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

[bradhamilton]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> JF Mezei schrieb:
>>     
>>> january 24 was the 25th anniversary of the launch of Apple's Macintosh.
>>>
>>> What is most puzzling is that the Apple web site has no mention of it,
>>> no splash no advertising. Very un-Apple.
>>>
>>> Perhaps Steve Job's health much more critical than made public and Apple
>>> isn't in the mood to celebrate.
>>>       
[...]
(bill said)
>>> And the original Mac (and to some of us the current one, too) was nothing
>>> to write  home about anyway.
>>>
>>>       
Sure, *BSD is cheaper, and can do as well as a Mac* - *if* you have the 
time and technical expertise to wrestle with it.  Most folks don't.

Apple's done a pretty good job of bringing U*NIX to the desktop/laptop, 
in a way that's accessible to the average Joe.  To my mind, *that's* 
something to write home about.