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Having been around for quite some time, it appears to me that the OS X generation is completely unaware of how Apple used to be like, and whatever "openness" they had during the critical business years was just for survival, nothing else.


> OS X generation is completely unaware of how Apple used to be like

I think they would be more accurate being referred to as iPod and iPhone Generation. The vast majority of people today only came to know Apple ( and Mac ) only after using those products.


It's obvious now. And the lesson is expensive one.


Let's not forget this lesson when it comes to Microsoft.


Google, Facebook, Oracle, IBM, Red-Hat,....




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