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Comment Github project taking up the slack (Score 5, Informative) 329

by KillNateD on Friday October 23, 2009 @08:16PM (#29853143) Attached to: Apple Discontinues ZFS Project

Dustn Sallings put the code on Github and has already hacked some basic Snow Leopard support and a minimal installer:

http://dustin.github.com/2009/10/23/mac-zfs.html

Code's here, fork away:

http://github.com/dustin/mac-zfs

Red Hat Set To Surpass Sun In Market Capitalization 221

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday January 22, 2009 @01:07PM from the now-that's-a-milestone dept.

mytrip writes "In what may come to be seen as a deeply symbolic moment in the history of operating systems, Red Hat is on the verge of surpassing Sun Microsystems' market capitalization for the first time. Sun, perhaps unfairly, represents a fading Unix market. Red Hat, for its part, represents the rising Linux market. Given enough time for its open-source strategy to play out, Sun's market capitalization will likely recover and outpace Red Hat's."

Comment Apple would argue it was to ease user confusion... (Score 1) 150

by KillNateD on Wednesday October 01, 2008 @11:30AM (#25219443) Attached to: Apple Allows Lotus On iPhone (After Banning Competitor)

MailWrangler didn't get banned for being "competitive," per se. It was because it "duplicated the functionality" of MobileMail. Ditto for Podcaster duplicating the iPod app.

The legitimate, user-positive argument Apple would likely make is they want the device to be easy to use and not confusing, such that there's no compelling reason to have a million different music players or Mail apps when theirs are great.

It's misleading to describe Apple's motivations as being anti-competive. Nobody knows that they're thinking. And they seem hellbent on not explaining themselves.

It is, of course, totally and completely stupid for Apple not to address these questions directly, be more clear about what will or won't be allowed, and to allow both MailWrangler and Podcaster on the store. It's just dumb, dumb, dumb.

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