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[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Alan DuBoff wrote:

> I don't have a preference to which project, but it would be nice if
> Apple could help out on SOME project that the OpenSource community
> could benifit from, that would only help the community out. This is
> exactly why I think they should have gone with a Linux kernel, then
> they could let the kernel be done by the community and both parties
> would benifit. It seems like the best of both worlds.

You mean open sourcing their OS isn't enough?
Geez.

> > Wrong order: FreeBSD and NetBSD came *later*, not earlier.
> 
> ???? I might be missing your point. I was just referring to the ports
> packages on FreeBSD or NetBSD in the sense of usable source code, but
> Apple can't use that as the changes they have made to the filesystem
> and/or kernel changes are not compatible with BSD.

Umm, it's an older fork. Your point?

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