all grown up

Mac OS X turns Five:

Isn’t that about time to start kindergarten?

John Siracusa has a nice look at five years of OS X on Ars Technica today.

Coming on the heels of MSFT’s announcement of a delayed VISTA launch, it makes for some interesting comparisons. As Siracusa says, “Apple’s ability to plan and execute its OS strategy is not open for debate.”

In the 5 years since the Public Beta, we have seen 4 major releases, with a 5th due in June, a raft of updates and patches, parallel development in applications (the iLife and iWorks suites, the pro products — Aperture, Final Cut), and a some hardware news as well.
No sign of them slowing down, either.

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