Re: [MaraDNS list] A moment of silence for Steve Jobs
Rick Moen <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:53:59 -0700
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Quoting Sam Trenholme ([email protected]): > I would like to have a moment of silence for Steve Jobs' passing yesterday. Thanks, Sam. I knew the man (passingly) back in the Homebrew Computer Club days, and it's a shock to know of his death. > While I personally don't use any Apple products, I have great > admiration for Steve Jobs' accomplishments and am greatly saddened at > him leaving us so young. My favorite accomplishment of his is > bringing UNIX to the desktop via Mac OS X. You mean, via NeXTStep. ;-> (I was a very longtime devotee of NeXTStep, which was delightful and elegant, especially before it got the slick candy-coated makeover to make it resemble MacOS and re-brand it as OS X.)