Your assertion that "these apps are a reason to keep buying Macs" is very true, at least in my case. Along with MagSafe and USB iPhone syncing, it's one of the

Your assertion that "these apps are a reason to keep buying Macs" is very true, at least in my case. Along with MagSafe and USB iPhone syncing, it's one of the things keeping me on the platform. I taught myself AppleScript at age 13, to download text and put it on my iPod as 1000 character noted. I remember when URL Access Scripting was removed, and I started using curl instead. I've also written many other scripts, such as diagonal selection in Excel, or slide layout in PowerPoint. I use a lot of Apple Events apps as well, such as BetterTouchTool. Is there an alternative to AppleScript for Linux?