So, essentially you are saying it's acceptable to choose the lesser of two evils? Not that I think Apple is evil, but I think this makes for a good point.
Regards, Dustin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of John Hebert > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Any LinuxPPC/OSX/BSD/Mac geeks out there? > > > In light of what M$ has done/said towards the Open > Source community, I can forgive Apple for wanting to > sue ppl for Aqua-based themes. I'm not happy about it, > but I see M$ as being a much bigger threat to open > source. > > John Hebert > > --- Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm hoping to generate more interest in Mac OSX in > > the > > > BRLUG, since it is UNIX at its core. The move by > > Apple > > > to an open source based kernel was one of the > > biggest > > > events in the last few years to support the open > > > source movement. I am very surprised that there > > hasn't > > > been more excitement about it in the open source > > > community. The PowerPC chip is very fast for the > > > price: I paid $100 for the PowerMac 8500 (128MB > > RAM, > > > 8GB ext drive) and monitor. I plan to make it a > > > development server running either Linux for PPC or > > > OSX. > > > > > > > Although they've based their OS on an Open Source > > kernel, Apple has been > > pretty good at alienating the Open Source community > > since (and before) > > the release of OS X. Threats to sue creators of OS > > X-like XFree86 themes > > is the biggest example I can think of now. I've also > > heard reported that > > Apple has made their UNIX 'easy' by setting a lot of > > binaries setuid > > root. Maybe the benefits the OSS community can > > receive by this is by > > getting more users to eventually move to a Free OS. > > > > -Tim > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
