From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 23:31:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DADC21065675 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (asmtp2.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FFC18FC21 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp2.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p29NVWf2004771; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:32 GMT Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp2.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p29NVWgD004764; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:32 GMT Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 1721133C1F; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:32 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 23:31:32 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Nerius Landys Message-ID: <20110309233132.GA28666@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-RC2 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Apple & FreeBSD relationship X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:31:35 -0000 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 02:00:37PM -0800, Nerius Landys wrote: > > This is not a technical question. >=20 > Basically I have some cash sitting around. I'm thinking of investing > part of it with a company that I believe in. Apple came to mind. =20 Don't invest your cash in a company that has reached it's peak and is on it's way down after it's charismatic leader dies sooner rather than later. 2nd biggest company by cap after Exxon?! Can you say "overpriced"? > You could say that I'd like to judge Apple's moral character before > investing money with them. Does anyone know how Apple reciprocates > to FreeBSD? After all a lot of MacOSX is borrowed from FreeBSD. I > am not seeing Apple's name on this page: > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/sponsors.shtml . Are there > other ways in which Apple might be reciprocating? Apple produces the clusterfuck that is CUPS, I believe. They do also produce good stuff that is bsd licensed like GCD. But even if they produce magical pixie dust they're still overpriced. >=20 > - Nerius Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk14DdIACgkQHduKvUAgeK6h3QCeO6esg2dGZ3IabLs1lXGlgnfp qawAnA/4YWE+OZ8cPq28hqYADbdxXR9Q =LrZW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--