__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Tuesday 30 May 2006 08:26 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Closing OS X -- a sad and needless move by Apple
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>>| Mac developers and power users no longer have the freedom to alter,
>>| rebuild and replace the OS X kernel from source code. Stripped of
>>| openness, it no longer possesses the quality that elevated Linux
>>| to its status as the second most popular commercial operating
>>| system.
>> `----
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/0/D5FB7AA6464B859FCC25717A0019CA81?OpenDocument
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> Apple would appear to have signed their own death-warrant, at least on
> the desktop. Silly b*ggers.
...By turning their back to Open Source, as well as preventing people from
spreading Mac OS X. Some others have been speculating that the move to Intel
processors had a hidden agenda: encouraging people to spread the O/S. This
'turn blind eye to piracy' approach could have given them the same exposure
Microsoft saw in the 80's and 90's. Instead, Apple chose the death knell.
Jobs even declined and dismissed Dell's request for OS X!! Given the State
of Windows Vista and the emergence of Boot Camp, Jobs was not sober. He
could have it all, but was unwilling to forsake his toys (expensive
hardware).
Best wishes,
Roy
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