Ten years old today, how Mac OS X changed Apple's world
Ten years ago today and Apple's [AAPL] first full public version of Mac OS X went on sale worldwide to a gleeful reception as thousands of Mac users attended special events at their local computer shops all across the planet. I was at one such event in Central London. What we didn't know then was that Apple was preparing to open up its own chain of retail outlets, nor had we heard Steve Jobs use the phrase, "iPod". Windows was still a competitor, and Google was still a search engine. These were halcyon days, when being a Mac user meant belonging to the second team.
(Let's not anthropomorphisize this. Mac OS X is an operating system and for all the big cat comparisons (Cheetah, Puma, Leopard or Lion) it doesn't celebrate a birthday, but -- like any other object (-based) 'thing', it does merit its own anniversary.)
