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Not that they care what I think, but...

They've standardized their hardware with PC's, taken full advantage of open-source in the development of new applications for Mac, have all their machines running on a Debian based OS, and even use RPM's. They've made a lot of progress on the shoulders of free and standardized systems and have essentially found a sneaky method to bypass the GNU public license through proprietary hardware and a commercially owned GUI, which has set an example for other company's, including Microsoft, on how to make a commercial distribution of what was always intended to be a free and open product. It's frankly no different then selling bottles of tap water at a ball game and getting mad when people bring their own. So if they want to go back to OS9 and HFS+ and take the moral high ground, that's fine. But, if they continue to want all the benefits of both open development and a proprietary architecture, then they are no better then Microsoft and I for one have no sympathy.

Posted by: Socratesfoot   Posted on: 05/22/09  (Edited: 05/22/2009 @ 05:25) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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