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Re:Signs That Apple Customers Are No Longer Special by rtw on Wednesday December 24, 2008 @11:09PM (#409394)
(original submitter here)

I care. I care about end-user personal computing trends.

They a) amuse me and b) affect my income. That's why I submitted, to see discussion on a topic I am interested in.

Quoting from http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site."

Re:Signs That Apple Customers Are No Longer Special by rtw on Thursday December 25, 2008 @06:25PM (#409829)
I see downmods on above comment without explanation. On a whim, this prompted me to say a little more:

The more OSX crosses into mainstream consumer territory, the better. I only run Linux myself, but having been a long time developer and troubleshooter for Windows, I am seriously psyched about seeing the OSX market grow and grow. Getting over the stigmas of "coolness" and elitism is a good step in a positive direction. Whether you like it or not, these stigmas are out there (I doubt people frequenting this website were lured into Macs for this particular aspect of them).