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Apple Losing Touch With the OS Community?
InfoWorldMike writes to tell us that InfoWorld's Tom Yager recently had the chance to sit down and chat with Apple about their closing the OS X Kernel. From the article: "The Mac platform is an overflowing basket of raw materials for innovators and creators of all stripes. It's what Steve Jobs would fantasize about if he still worked out of his garage, and you can bet that he'd be livid to find that the vendor locked some portion of his chosen platform behind a gate without a word of notice or explanation."
Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
Surely, that should read "loosing", being slashdot and all?
Personally I find Apple very much like Microsoft.
Yeah...except their OS actually...you know...WORKS.
I'd like some of what you're smoking. It must be good. My experience is just the opposite. Mac OS X is just now starting to mature, but it's got a ways to go. When I download some OSS and do "configure && make && make install", I expect it to work on Linux and Solaris, but I hold my breath on Mac OS X. Often it just doesn't work, and hacks and more are required to get the software to work. This is definitely less true than in the 10.2 and 10.3 days, but it happens waaaay more often than it does on Linux and Solaris.
Second, we run Linux, Solaris, and a bunch of other OSs, including Mac OS X. Mac OS X is the least stable OS of the group. Try this: install AMD and touch /net with the finder, the result requiring a hard reset of the machine to regain control.
The software on top of Mac OS X is a different matter. People love it. I personally don't like it, but I understand it's a matter of taste.