Never since has there been such a thoughtfully designed ecosystem. NeXT maybe, but in the original it was not accessible. I don't think my young self will ever

Never since has there been such a thoughtfully designed ecosystem. NeXT maybe, but in the original it was not accessible. I don't think my young self will ever forgive Microsoft for forcing Apple into burying MacBasic. I had come into the Mac via the TI99 4/a and self taught myself via Basic/Extended Basic and was very excited when I got my Mac- but despite hearing about the mythical MacBasic I ended up with the excremental Microsoft Basic with no compiling and no Toolbox access. It killed a budding programming career other than a bit of HyperTalk. Ended up in network engineering, but I often think of the path I started but was aborted by Microsoft's power plays...