Netscape founder Marc Andreessen switches to Apple Mac
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 09:51 AM EDT"Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, and co-founder of LoudCloud (Opsware) and Ning has finally said good bye to the Windows life, and switched to a Mac. We met for a coffee earlier this morning and while most of the conversation was private, I warned him that the 'switch' news was going to be blogged," Om Malik reports for GigaOM.
Malik reports, "He switched to a Macbook Pro (15-inch model). 'I used to be a Mac user till 1994,' he said, 'and now I am a Mac user again.'"
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: After what Microsoft did to Netscape, what the heck too him so long?! Anyway, welcome home, Marc!
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Just switched my mother-in-law, and she couldn't be happier! No more malware, no more spyware, no more viruses/worms/trojans, ad infinitum! And her Mac Mini hasn't slowed down by so much as a second since she began using it--unlike her Gateway, which was beginning to run backwards in time with each passing day on the web.
Good riddance PC/Win!