Comment OS X - no support, no community (Score 1) 440
Uh, no. NeXT is a company that has been operating and providing Unix support for well over ten years. Apple's support of AIX on PowerPC machines and AUX on 68k machines alone establish them as a UNIX vendor with deeper roots than most people are willing to believe.
It amazes me that much of the Open Source community is so hostile towards Apple. Much of the flameage is exactly the same as one would hear from some dumbass M$ apologist. While Apple PR is clearly trying to cash in quick on some of this open source hype, their OS is based on OSS and they (as NeXT) have been active in the open source community long before most slashdot readers (average age: 20). Just look at Avie's work on mach for one.
Then again, if you want to be ignorant and angry, that's your problem. You're probably running code written and paid for by NeXT right now if you're running an open source OS.
It amazes me that much of the Open Source community is so hostile towards Apple. Much of the flameage is exactly the same as one would hear from some dumbass M$ apologist. While Apple PR is clearly trying to cash in quick on some of this open source hype, their OS is based on OSS and they (as NeXT) have been active in the open source community long before most slashdot readers (average age: 20). Just look at Avie's work on mach for one.
Then again, if you want to be ignorant and angry, that's your problem. You're probably running code written and paid for by NeXT right now if you're running an open source OS.
