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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by lj3 on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:12PM (#12818271)
> While Apple had intended to build nice hardware and a stable OS, the Unix-y nature of the OS that that helped capture the hearts of developers was never exposed in an intentional way.

No, it was pretty intentional. Apple has a history of appealing to power users for a few years, then kicking them in the nuts. First, they did it to professional artists. Then they did it to professional video editors. Now they're doing it to software developers. It's just our turn, I guess.

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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by 72deluxe on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:26PM (#12819184)
But will they run out of people to kick?
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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by lj3 on Friday October 28, 2016 @06:45PM (#12821401)
So long as Apple has iOS devs by the short and curlies, they'll have power users to kick in the nuts.
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Re:Apple just told the world it has no idea who the Mac is for by rhizome on Friday October 28, 2016 @03:59PM (#12820077)
The Greater Fool Theory says "no."
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