On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 19:26, Mo McRoberts <m...@nevali.net> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 18:57, Scot McSweeney-Roberts > > I don’t think _anybody_ claimed that Apple was “open”. Apple have, > however, become far _more_ open than they were, and are continuing to > do so.
And I'd say they're about as closed as they ever were. Apple's most open products were the non Steve Jobs ones (the Apple II series, the Netwon and the Pippin had it been released). The Mac was at it's most open when SJ wasn't around, and the iPxxx series are all about making things even more closed. > Do you actually use any Apple products or pay any attention to changes > due to land in upcoming OS releases, or is your information almost > exclusively based on news reports and anecdotes? I still use my Netwon. My powerbook has been sitting in a cupboard since it's power supply went. I retired my 4400 (running debian as a server) last year. I have another 8 Apples (a //e, a III, a Lisa and several Macs of various vintage) in storage. As an apostate apple fan boy I still find myself keeping up with what Apple are doing even though I have no intention of going back to the them any time soon. > If you want Atom support, patch it yourself. And end up with what, a Darwin based BSD experience? In that case I'd save myself time and stick with FreeBSD. 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
