If you want to run Mac OS X on Dell hardware, go right ahead, Apple won't stop you. I don't see why Apple, with a minority share in the computer market, should officially support you doing that.
Alex On 5 Feb 2010, at 15:09, Scot McSweeney-Roberts wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 14:49, Alex Mace <[email protected]> wrote: >> So we're just ignoring WebKit, Darwin, Grand Central and the rest of the >> stuff on this list? > > WebKit wasn't Apple's - It was from originally KDE. > > Darwin is BSD on top of a Mach microkernel - again, not Apple's code. > > Giving back some code to open source community is hardly as open as, > say, letting people run OSX on Dell hardware (which they have actively > stopped people from doing with a recent release). More to the point, > taking already open source code and layering a large proprietary layer > on top is in no way, shape or form open. > > > Scot > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
