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Will MacIntel Kill Apple Open Source Efforts?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the somethign-to-think-about dept.

An anonymous reader writes in to say that "Rob Braun (OpenDarwin core developer claims Apple's open source efforts are now dead, because Apple is afraid of assisting OSx86 piracy. First, Apple withheld the source of cctools required to to build Darwin. Now it seems they are no longer releasing the source to OS X's xnu kernel. "

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  1. You got "Steved" by Animats · · Score: 0, Troll
    In the Apple developer community, this is called being "Steved".

    Remember OpenDoc.. Never forget.

  2. Re:But it's still just Linux with a better UI, rig by defile · · Score: 0, Troll

    BSD actually, not Linux.

    OH MY GOD, REALLY? I HAD NO IDEA. Oh, right, NOW I remember. Steve Jobs' attempt to manipulate Linus's insecurities totally failed, so they knifed the mkLinux project and looked for more willing cocksuckers at the FreeBSD project.

    Sorry about the confusion.

  3. Re:MacIntel will be the death of Apple by pair-a-noyd · · Score: 0, Troll

    well whoever modded that as flamebait/troll is an idiot.
    I *LIKE* Macs. I think they are freaking excellent machines and the OS and apps kick ass..

    I'm just saying that the move to Intel was a BAD move. It's going to hurt them deeply. Before the Intel move what was the OS piracy rate? Um, like maybe ZERO?

    To use OS X you had to have a REAL APPLE. Now any schmuck can build one.
    As for saying it's too hard, ever heard of Maxxuss?? He just made it simple for
    morons and it's HOT on the torrents right now. OS X 86 piracy is a HUGE problem for Apple now. And to say people won't pirate an OS is stupid.
    How many people here have bootleg copies of Windows or have bootlegged it one or more times in the past? More than are legit I would wager.

    Would I go out and buy a new Apple knowing it's pretty much the same hardware that any run of the mill beige PC is? No. I would have gone out and bought a brand new Mac if it had the legacy CPU and hardware that has been their mainstay.
    But no way in hell am I going to fork over top dollar for a machine that's not just the same as but EQUAL in quality (same Chinese imported crap) as any beige box is.

    There's an old saying, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

    I'll buy a Mac again but it will be used. I won't buy any Intel based Mac.
    I'll probably build one though, just for the sake of doing it.
    But when I want a REAL Mac I'll find a used PowerPC based box.