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> (10x those that use e.g. Linux on any kind of desktop/laptop). How many of those Mac users actually "using Unix" in any meaningful sense? Any more than Andro
by collyw 7y ago
> (10x those that use e.g. Linux on any kind of desktop/laptop).
How many of those Mac users actually "using Unix" in any meaningful sense? Any more than Android users are Linux users?
- coldtea 7y agoEnough, considering that group shots of CS departments, programming conferences, hackathons, etc, are always like 50% or more Mac or so (at least in the west) SXSW hackathon: https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Hackathon-Photo-by-Randy-and-Jackie-Smith.jpg https://www.sxsw.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2019-Hackath... TC hackathon: https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tcdisrupt_tc-9.jpg?w=1390&crop=1 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tcdisrupt_... https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/27478205537_84c9d8b450_k.jpg?w=730&crop=1 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2747820553... Haskell (!) conference: https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*D8GHt8dceOWwQp0HljYqXg.jpeg https://miro.medium.com/max/1200/1*D8GHt8dceOWwQp0HljYqXg.jp... MIT student startup program: https://www.3daystartup.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/3dsmit1.jpg?w=640 https://www.3daystartup.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/3dsmi...
- collyw 7y agoI still see the majority of Mac owners as owning it as a status symbol rather than for the fact it has Unix. Most Mac users are not techies.