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Apple's Unix Future...

David Coursey of ZDNet writes about what he learned from meeting with Steve Jobs:

In general, it appears Apple does not want to pursue the home entertainment niche (ala Tivo) and instead focus on the hub-strategy... which is what Jobs has been pushing all along.

Of interest Jobs and Apple are also aware that they are now one of the largest Unix vendors around... and with that comes new opportunities. Interest in Apple in the unix/dev community has really peaked with the introduction of Mac OS X...

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