The virus was written for Apple DOS in 1982, Mac OS was released in 1984. The few other problems it had were the security issues introduced by Microsoft Office in the 90s, trojans that had to be invoked by the user, and proof of concepts.
There is nothing wrong with making money, or wanting to make money.
Universal are playing hardball to get the upper hand in negotiations. This would allow Universal to charge more, or get a bigger cut from Apple, while keeping DRM on the tracks. Apple are pushing for lower prices and DRM free tracks because it would make the current users happier and attract new users from the competition.
Making money while screwing the user is one thing, making money while doing a good job is another... big difference.
Apple OS X is UNIX that runs the same services (Apache, MySQL, and PHP if you like). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specifica tion
Check out http://www.istumbler.net/
Yes, we have a BSD group in NYC (http://www.nycbug.org/) that has active meetings every month.
The virus was written for Apple DOS in 1982, Mac OS was released in 1984. The few other problems it had were the security issues introduced by Microsoft Office in the 90s, trojans that had to be invoked by the user, and proof of concepts.
There is nothing wrong with making money, or wanting to make money.
Universal are playing hardball to get the upper hand in negotiations. This would allow Universal to charge more, or get a bigger cut from Apple, while keeping DRM on the tracks. Apple are pushing for lower prices and DRM free tracks because it would make the current users happier and attract new users from the competition.
Making money while screwing the user is one thing, making money while doing a good job is another... big difference.