I didn't think of that aspect, of running UNIX programs on the Mac. I don't know anyoff the top of my head, but that is interesting. I've written some UNIX apps on the corporate side. I'm a little rusty, but that might just be some fun.
I also look at the Mac as a great product, just under supported by the industry on whole. Simply economics and critical mass issues, but, maybe I might look at doing some Mac products.
I successfully pitched an iBook to a friend who is a Solaris system administrator. I've also read that one can spot plenty of iBooks at Linux developer conferences, though I'm not sure if they are running OSX or Yellow Dog Linux. Because OSX now comes with an X-Windows Server as part of the OS, the iBook is a great machine for doing Unix system administration.
I've written some UNIX apps on the corporate side. I'm a little rusty, but that might just be some fun.
Well, OSX has Java, Perl, C/C++, Python, etc.
I also look at the Mac as a great product, just under supported by the industry on whole. Simply economics and critical mass issues, but, maybe I might look at doing some Mac products.
What I'd suggest doing, if you are looking for a market, is writing dual-use software that runs on both Linux and the Mac. You can find Linux distributions that will run completely off of a bootable CD-ROM so you don't even need to have a dedicated Unix machine to play with Linux.
You can also fiddle around with web stuff really easily with OSX. It runs Apache and PHP and you can add a freeware Java application server like Tomcat easily enough if you want to play around. You've also got access to databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL for free.