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The Seattle Times: Affinities Grow Between Mac and Linux Supporters

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 21, 2002

“During a discussion following a keynote by Apple Computer’s
Jordan Hubbard, there came a notable statement: Mac users and Unix
users tend to think about their computers in the same way. We love
them.

“The ‘switchers’ advertising campaign that Apple is running to
persuade Windows users to switch to Mac has won some adherents. But
Apple is less intentionally winning substantial converts from the
Unix and Linux world…

“Colleagues attending open-source and Linux conferences see
oceans of Apple’s Titanium PowerBooks, which outpace similar
laptops for battery life and performance versus cost…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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