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A little less mover, a little more Shaker A reporter's look at Macworld, culture of the Apple faithful
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The Boston Globe
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August 8, 1996
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Copyright informationCopyright 1996 The Boston Globe. (Hide copyright information)
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Apple devotees used to be known as the movers and shakers of the
computer industry.
Now they're trying to avoid being tagged with a new sobriquet: the
Shakers.
As in the sect.
Consider the uncanny similarities between Macintosh diehards and
the dying religious group.
There are only eight Shakers left in the United States (five women
and three men). The reason for this population dearth is Shakers
refuse to have offspring. Until 1994, Apple, too, refused to give
out its "genetic code." The result: reproduction problems for both.
Shakers have limited relations with people outside their isolated
community. Ditto for Apple users.
Shakers often aren't interested in making profits from the ...
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