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   From: joelcrump@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/24/2025 5:34 PM, Alan wrote:   
      
   >>> But please elaborate:   
   >>>   
   >>> What makes Apple's technology so "quirky" in your estimation?   
   >>   
   >> It has the potential to be a great Unix platform, but ends up being   
   >> just a proprietary GUI by dull minds at a cult company, when all is   
   >> said and done, at exorbitant prices.  It's a money pit, even more than   
   >> Windows systems are.   
   > Your claim was that it is "quirky".   
   >   
   > Justify that claim.   
      
      
   The Apple-centric software *largely* sucks (although selected apps are   
   great, Microsoft Office and Adobe's stuff are better than on Windows,   
   imo), the Unix features are incomplete.  It's a total bizarro world to   
   me, compared to Windows or Linux.   
      
   --   
   Joel W. Crump   
      
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