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It was approachable Unix. If you were a kid or wanted to get involved with web development or other stuff you had a supported consumer platform, with consumer
by Spooky23 3y ago
It was approachable Unix.
If you were a kid or wanted to get involved with web development or other stuff you had a supported consumer platform, with consumer software and this hidden mode that gave you access to all of the Unix toolset.
- 2muchcoffeeman 3y agoThat’s not it. The first place I saw large Mac adoption was all the long time Linux and Unix nerds in my CS dept. Suddenly there were heaps of G4 MacBooks all over CS. I got one based off the recommendation of a friend who was a FreeBSD user.
- Spooky23 3y agoSame thing! All of my professors were using Sun Ultra 10s in 2000. OSX was the logical next step vs futzing with Linux GUIs etc for many.