On 9 Aug 96 01:54:52 -0800, deviant@pooh-corner.com wrote:

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If you accept that, then doesn't that make writing crypto software for any Unix platform *even more* of a waste of time? Because last time I checked, there were way more Macs on mom-and-pop's desks than Unix machines, counting *all* vendors.

Pardon my French, but you mus be fucking stupid or somehing. How many universities use UNIX platforms? How many companies use UNIX platforms? Sun, DEC, and SGI don't stay in buisiness by building cheap Windows boxes ya know. There are 13948 _registered_ LINUX machines, not to mention the unregistered ones. Don't tell me that Cray's were designed to run MacOS or Windows 95. UNIX isn' NEARLY as dead as Apple is.

I think the numbers have escaped you: there are far more Macs than Unix machines. It doesn't matter that Unix has a larger market with universities or Internet weenies, merely that overall more people use Macs than Unix. Also, FWIW some of those Unix machines are Macs running A/UX (Apple's Unix). One last thought: Sun, Dec, SGI, etc all make RISC Unix machines. Apple is the largest RISC vendor on the planet... Given that the Amiga is still around (and may be revived) despite the fact that the Mac:Amiga ratio is probably the same as the PC:Mac ratio, I'd say that it's quite likely Apple will stay around. Inspite of the hype about loses, Apple posted tens-of-millions-of-dollars profits last quarter - rare for a dead company... <g> They still cannot meet the demand for the PowerBooks - probably the best notebook available at any cost. # Chris Adams <adamsc@io-online.com> - Webpages for sale! Se habla JavaScript! # Automatically receive my resume or PGPKEY by sending email with a subject # of 'send PGPKEY' or 'send resume'. Capitalization counts so be careful! # Web site: http://www.io-online.com/adamsc/adamsc.htp