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My office is filled with Unix geeks, young and old, and the majority
of us are using MacOS X now. Most switched from other Unix platforms
like Solaris, Tru64 UNIX, or even Linux. Lately, when new folks join our
group, they inevitably choose to get a shiny new Macintosh on their desk.
I'm very pleased as I've been a big promoter of the Mac since 1986 or
so, doubly so since Apple released MacOS X 10.1. Let us not talk about
10.0...
We have an internal mailing list for MacOS X users in the office which
we use to share tips and advice with each other. This helps the switchers
come up to speed quickly. Just this week I added three new members to
the list as MacOS X use is now spreading to other groups! I won't be
satisfied until we eliminate Windows from the office. Then we'll take
on the 30,000 other people on campus! 
I've mentioned that I do all my Python development on MacOS X, but
what I haven't mentioned is how successful that's been. Using VirtualPC,
I'm able to build distributions of my Python applications for Unix, MacOS
X, and Windows all on my Macintosh, aka the Hellmouth. I'm chuffed about
that. However, as readers of the MacPython list know, there are some
problems with Python on the Mac under 10.3 that are still being worked
out. I'll have to exhume a 10.2 machine on which to build the next release
of our big application to guarantee that it will run on all the Macs we
support. Oops.
Take care.
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