Comment Re:Great! kind of (Score 1) 1691
Umm... you certainly are "free" to study the OS X kernel (also known as Darwin), or Quicktime Streaming Server or Rendezvous...
I personally believe Apple has made good use of the open source concept - the issue is that one of Apple's best assets is the IP behind user experiences, UIs, and making things simple - this is the stuff they aren't going to give away for free - and shouldn't - its what makes Apple, Apple.
Try and copy/paste text between all of your Linux apps... its hard enough just between, say KDE apps, and pretty darn impossible between different GUI frameworks... what percentage actualyl works?
I personally believe Apple has made good use of the open source concept - the issue is that one of Apple's best assets is the IP behind user experiences, UIs, and making things simple - this is the stuff they aren't going to give away for free - and shouldn't - its what makes Apple, Apple.
Try and copy/paste text between all of your Linux apps... its hard enough just between, say KDE apps, and pretty darn impossible between different GUI frameworks... what percentage actualyl works?
