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Lately, I'd agree. Back in early 2000s, OS X really was something new. It had the NextSTEP underpinnings that turned into a shiny, user friendly Unix that really did "just work" for the most part. Yeah, it had rough edges, but compared to where Windows XP and then Vista was at the time, it really did seem like the best option as far as commercial software was concerned. From OS X 10.1 - 10.4, it actually got better and faster with each release.

But it also had a full Unix shell underneath. That became my gateway into what was possible on other Unix like OSes, and then that led to going full time with Linux. Now all commercial operating systems are just a way to monetize and advertise to people. Thankfully the open source options have caught up and surpassed them.

The eMac was so cool, and what a great first computer to grow up with. Those cases make for great cat beds when emptied out, btw! :)

Really, it's just a chance to hang out and know what you're about, what you enjoy doing, how you got into the industry, and anything about your time at Apple and with iChat that you care to (or are allowed to) share. We'd come up with a list of questions that we're the most curious about, but I see it as a way to just have a good time on a recording and have a good memory to look back on while sometimes making new connections and possibly friends along the way.

On a personal note, when iChat AV was released, I used to enjoy going into Apple stores and setting up the Macs there with a video conference via Bonjour and I would just leave them that way because I thought it was so neat.

I'm curious why they did they're own thing and how closely it functions to the actual spec. I never did consider trying this against an actual STUN server.

Oh neat! What was your computing experience like back then? Do you remember what you were trying to figure out?

Firewire. Yes.

I was not aware of this.

I wrote this guide after getting annoyed with talking to disembodied heads from the chin up, low lighting, and vertical videos from my therapists. I took it as an opportunity to create a comprehensive, but simple as possible, tech guide for them in the hopes that it can improve the quality for us as their patients.

It's written by me, a human, without the use of AI. There are no ads on this site, no trackers, and no affiliate links. There never will be.

If you too have a subpar experience and get distracted by your otherwise well meaning therapist's tech challenges, please feel free to send this to them.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Interesting the it was especially during a full moon.

True story. No AI with the exception of the milk carton image.