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Re: Question about the number of Apple users vs Mac users
Mike Pfaiffer wrote:
>
> From the way things sound in this group and others the number of Apple//
> users has become stable. OTOH estimates of the number of Mac users seems
> to be generally dropping (in favour of Linux from the way things look).
> This is a general impression from what I read so I really can't provide
> any references. Could someone provide a rough estimate just to satisfy
> my curiosity?
>
Perhaps that is one thing that Mac OS/X is attempting to do...to lure back
the people migrating to Linux. If I understand things correctly, Mac OS/X
is basically a *Unix* type kernal with a custom GUI built on top...
And it seems that very often a newbie on the Apple II will ask questions
here... So maybe the number of Apple II users is also on the increase...
>
>I'm thinking of the possibility of the number of Apple// users eventually
> exceeding the number of Mac users at some point. It might be an
> interesting scenario... ;-)
>
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