Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:08:06 -0800 From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: so where is our press-release about MacOS X ? Message-ID: <p05001952b6e35674fb0a@[192.168.168.205]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103242258340.89919-100000@localhost> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103242258340.89919-100000@localhost>
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At 11:18 PM -0800 3/24/01, Dan Feldman wrote: >You're right, there's no need to pick fights. But I'm just pointing out >that there's no reason FreeBSD should work particularly hard to create the >appearance of an alliance with Apple, when all they've done is use the >source of some kernel components and a number of utilities for a >commercial product. After all, Microsoft is rumored to have done exactly >the same thing at times and I have yet to see any press releases about a >relationship with _them_. Actually, Apple has done a bit more than that. As I understand it, they have given back fixes and plan to keep doing so. They have also started talking about how robust the underlying "BSD Unix" system is (I wonder if they'll be hearing from The Open Group soon :-). They have also made the command line available to every user and supplied a Developer CD with the distribution; finally, they have released their Mach and I/O Kit work as (almost :-) open source. In short, I think they are starting to get it; with some positive feedback, they might actually become a good neighbor. In the meanwhile, why not ride their publicity wave a bit. After all, they didn't base their work on Linux! -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta/md_fb.html - The FreeBSD Browser email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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