They already cannibalized a lot of Linux users, developers mainly when they released MacOS X around year 2000.

Suddenly you could have a Unix, with pretty much the same CLI as Linux but without all the supported hardware/driver issues. Laptop sleep in particular was pretty finicky.

If MacOS didn't pick a Unix/BSD base, I'm pretty sure all the tech companies running Mac would be on Linux.

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throw0101d 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> They already cannibalized a lot of Linux users, developers mainly when they released MacOS X around year 2000.

FoxTrot comic from 2002:

* https://archive.is/https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/...

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Apocryphon 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

BeOS, anyone?

	▲	znpy 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Clearly not

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nottorp 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They seem to be trying hard to annoy developers lately though.

<cough> xattr...