SD Mac User’s Group errupts into brawl over pronunciation of OS X
Posted by Matthew on Sunday September 8, 2002 @12:47PM
from the night-of-the-living-mac dept.
Matthew writes: This month’s meeting of the San Diego Macintosh User’s Group (SDMUG) errupted into a brawl that flowed out into the San Diego University campus and eventually involved hundreds of students and Mac users.
Eye witness Alex Ferguson (SMUG member) states: “It all started when (guest presenter) Dave Boskey said “oh ess ecks” during his presentation on the big screen. (long-time member) Phil Lamont corrected him, saying “oh ess ten”. Well, dave retorted that he knew how to pronounce it, thank you very much. Dave then accussed him of being a switcher (a former PC user), and that’s when things got nasty. Phil jumped off the stage and tripped over the projector, which inraged (SDMUG board member) Mac McAvenia , and then all hell broke loose.”
San Diego Police intervened with the City’s elite Riot Suppression Violence Protection (RSVP) unit, which used firehoses and tear gas to defuse the situation. San Diego city Mayor Dick Murphy then addressed the crowd via megaphone and used a cell phone call to Steve Jobs to confirm the proper pronunciation.