[Info-vax] Happy 25th birthday Macintosh !

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <mailman.3.1232924503.16357.info-vax_rbnsn.com at rbnsn.com>,
	bradhamilton <bradhamilton at comcast.net> writes:
> 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.

How many years after Linux had already done it?  

bill
 

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