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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Linux advocacy
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:54:52 -0400, DFS wrote:

> What you should think about is the fact that one of the early Unix
> pioneers didn't primarily run Unix or Linux for most of his life.

Of course he did. What else would he want to use? There were Unix 
workstations available all through the decades until Windows NT killed 
them off.

> "Sort of born into" Apple is bs.  Even if he started with Apple from the
> beginning - mid-to-late 70s - he was already 30-35 years old.  I wish he
> was more specific on what bothers him about Apple.

Not obvious to you? It’s obvious to me, and I was using Apple Macs from 
just about the beginning of that product line, until the switch to OS X.

Maybe you need to have the same experience to understand it.