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Re:An OS 9 odyssey: Why some Mac users won’t abandon 16-year... by amyjess on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:38AM (#12488615)
Don't forget that Platinum was unveiled years before OS 8 was actually released, and one of the most popular System 7 extensions was Aaron, which provided the Platinum theme, and as such a large contingent of Mac users were using Platinum long before OS 8 came out.

I remember installing Aaron when it first came out, and I don't think I ever uninstalled it (though I remember playing around with the Hi-Tech version that Apple's lawyers killed).

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Re:An OS 9 odyssey: Why some Mac users won’t abandon 16-year... by philwelch on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @11:24AM (#12489071)
That's right! In fact, Aaron was used to provide the Platinum theme on Jeff Goldblum's character's PowerBook in Independence Day.
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Re:An OS 9 odyssey: Why some Mac users won’t abandon 16-year... by haroldp on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @01:14PM (#12490277)
Oh hell yes! I loved Aaron too.
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