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Mac OS X is redeemed

Mac OS X is redeemed

Molly Wood Former Executive Editor
Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, Always On. When she's not enraging fanboys of all stripes, she can be found offering tech opinions on CBS and elsewhere, and offering opinions on everything else to anyone who will listen.
Molly Wood
OK, so first there was a Mac OS X hacking contest, and this guy was all, "w00t, I totally hax0rd it in 30 minutes, I am hecka l33t!" And then a University of Wisconsin systems engineer organized a new challenge that was actually a challenge--in the sense that he didn't give anyone a local account on the machine, just like you wouldn't if, you know, it were your Mac. And in some 38 hours of trying. I feel the only appropriate response here is "snap."