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Apple Plans To Release Rendezvous As Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the so-it-won't-be-a-secret-rendezvous dept.

Snuffub writes "According to MacCentral, Apple announced during an interview today that they would be releasing Rendezvous, their implementation of the zeroconf standard, under an open source license. I can't see this as being anything but great news for everyone involved -- the community gets a mature implementation of an emerging technology, and Apple benefits as more devices are created to support Rendezvous. For everyone interested, you'll be able to download the source from Apple's site in a couple weeks." uglyhead69 adds: "The article is light on details and doesn't mention what license will be used, but it's probably safe to assume that it's the APSL."

16 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. APPLE SUCKS DICK LIKE THE SCIENCEACADEMY OF S. TX by SuicideTroll · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I fucking hate mac and apple

    (I'll KILL MYSELF if THIS IS MOddED DOWN!)
    LINUX ROOLZ

  2. Slow Down Coboy Neal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have any readers ever enjoyed a whiff a Cowboy Neal's stinky feet?

    1. Re:Slow Down Coboy Neal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Has anybody entered a bathroom right after Cowboy Neal was in it taking a dump? I bet it smells terrible.

    2. Re:Slow Down Coboy Neal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Compared to Richard Stallman; everything else smells like roses in bloom. I mean everything.

  3. Re:Whoo0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    KKKLITZ, thaZ h0oZ.

  4. NAZI MODERATORS ON CRACK! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    strike again.

  5. Re:Peripherals! by MoneyT · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Or you could stop wasting you rmoney upgrading you raging PC and buy the mac with the money you save...... Just a suggestion

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    T Money
    World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
  6. FOO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BAZ

  7. negative*negative = positive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Nazi moderators that are on crack are actually good moderators.

  8. Re:What exactly is your price?? by frankie · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    How much do you want to pay for an Apple?

    $900 for a G4 with an open bay and AGP. That's what I want.

  9. Simplify your sig by MoneyT · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Your sig can actualy be simplified to one mind boggling statement.

    "This statement is false"

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    T Money
    World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
  10. Re:Peripherals! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go play with your toy plastic box.

  11. All night Arby's! by mtec · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (see above)

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    Cake or Death? Cake Please!
  12. Re:What exactly is your price?? by MoneyT · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Please show me a TOL PC for $500 bucks. If you can put it together for me, with a 17inch minimum monitor (preferably a 15inch LCD) I will buy it from you.

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    T Money
    World Domination with a plastic spoon since 1984
  13. Re:discovery != access by extrasolar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Then tell me your address. El, why won't you tell me your address?

  14. Re:Autoconfiguration is Scary by clarkcox3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    (BTW, the English plural of "virus" is "viruses"; the Latin plural would be one of "viri" (pronounced "vee-ree"), "virorum", "viris", or "viros", depending on case.)
    <pedantic>
    Actually "viri" is the nominative plural of "vir" (man), not "virus". The only form of "virus" that is spelled "viri" is actually the genitive singular.
    </pedantic>
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