I stopped primarily using Apple for a couple years, until they released OSX and I could run Apache, PERL and MySQL on my local machine instead of needed an inte

I stopped primarily using Apple for a couple years, until they released OSX and I could run Apache, PERL and MySQL on my local machine instead of needed an internet connection to ssh to a linux host. Wifi not really being a thing in public spaces then, it allowed me to work from a coffee shop. At the time, Apple seemed like they were about to go out of business.