How Mac OS X, 10 Today, Changed Apple's World

CWmike writes "Ten years ago today, Apple's first full public version of Mac OS X went on sale worldwide to a gleeful reception as thousands of Mac users attended special events at their local computer shops all across the planet. What we didn't know then was that Apple was preparing to open up its own chain of retail outlets, nor had we heard Steve Jobs use the phrase, 'iPod.' Windows was still a competitor, and Google was still a search engine. These were halcyon days, when being a Mac user meant belonging to the second team, writes Jonny Evans. We're looking at the eighth significant OS X release in the next few months, Lion, which should offer some elements of unification between the iOS and OS X. There's still some bugs to iron out though, particularly the problem with ACL's (Access Control Lists) inside the Finder. Hopefully departing ex-NeXT Mac OS chief, Bertrand Serlet, will be able to fix this before he leaves."

Comments

Re:Windows "was" a competitor?

[Archangel Michael]

Dominance is relative.

Market Cap (as of this post)
Apple 318 Bil
Microsoft 217 Bil

Who cares if you have 85% of a stagnate market and can't function outside of that market?

Re:Windows "was" a competitor?

[PopeRatzo]

I'm a programmer, I work with a lot of programmers and engineers

But you were talking about "the technologically savvy". Are you certain that "programmers" qualify?

but the days when people discussed actual code, complete with pasted samples, are long gone.

And praise god, they will stay that way.

Ten years ago, this would not have been the case.

Ten years ago, saying you were a "programmer" still had a remnant of meaning. Today, being a "programmer" plus a dollar and a half will get you on the bus (and the fare's only a dollar). Did you ever think the reason programming jobs were so enthusiastically sent overseas was because nobody here wanted to be around them? I would suggest that being in a career that someone on the other side of the world is willing to do for $2/hr does not really entitle you to consider yourself somehow elite.

Slashdot's comments section fell off the map of the technologically savvy a long time ago.

I'm not convinced you are in a position to so judge.

There are Slashdot users who are theoretical physicists, nuclear physicists, inventors, mathematicians (both pure and applied), a law professor, professional artists in several media, and at least one expert in Critical Theory with whom I am well acquainted. Those are just some of the areas of expertise that pop to my post-dinner mind. You want to talk about "technically savvy"? Son, you might want to think about who left who in the dust.

"Programmers"? Please...