> I agree with the concept. I also > find Apple's behavior over the years to be less than admirable; first > snatching Xerox Park's GUI concepts,
Let's see... Apple, Microsoft, Commodore, Digital Research, Quarterdeck, and no doubt a dozen others were doing the same. Remember, back in the early 80s the whole idea of patenting software and computer user interfaces was treated with derision if it was thought of at all. Source code was clearly protected under copyright, but nobody expected the current morass... And software patents have been uniformly disasterous for the industry. I have yet to find a single example where a patent or a sustained interface copyright has benefited anyone except so far as it's protected them from being sued by someone else who holds a related patent... which is hardly an advantage. > and then trying to fight legal > battles over Trash Can icons on the desktop, Yes, that was stupid. I'm not saying Apple hasn't done some stupid things, but... > as if they actually > invented that themselves. Now they 'harvest' open source software to > make closed source 'secret' additions. ... here, for once, they have been on the side of the angels. Speaking as one of the people who helped develop the open source software in question I think Apple's been quite admirable in their support for FreeBSD and their contued open-sourcing of Darwin without which none of us would be running OS X at all. > This mailing list Unsupported OS > X is a testament to Apple's greed, and Open Source ingenuity! Kris This mailing list is a testament to Apple's surprising openness. And if you want to protest Apple's behaviour by voting with your feet, why not support the specific open source project that has been used by Apple and go with FreeBSD? -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
