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[Nick Moffitt]

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> I'd wager that most of the folks who care about OS-X as end-users
> don't care that it is based on a UNIX-like OS: they just want their
> Mac to run. The credit for the stability of OS-X will go to Apple,
> not to BSD, for the most part (even if that is inaccurate)." 

This is true, up to a point. But in some ways, a general ignorance of
Unix seems to help drive a certain romantic ideal -- an ideal that
keeps the word "Unix" in very active circulation even outside of geek
circles.  To the typical Mac end-user, Unix is mysterious, and
ancient, and strong. It's made of cast iron and the bones of heroic
programmers of old. Unix is like a brawny Soviet on a Constructivist
poster, swinging his hammer for his comrades. We don't know why it's
good, but damn if our hearts aren't stirred by the weighty, solidly
angular goodness of it all.

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