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Old 12-08-2015, 10:41 PM   #1
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LXer: Was Apple the first major open-source company? Not even close


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But there is something to Apple's ill-thought out claim.

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Old 12-08-2015, 11:21 PM   #2
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Words fail me.

Well, most words fail me. Two words do not: "Walled orchard."

Give me a break.
 
Old 12-09-2015, 07:01 AM   #3
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The rebuttal article failed to mention Sun Microsystems, even in passing... How soon we forget!
But then, what do you expect from zdnet (or Apple Marketing droids for that matter).

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Old 12-09-2015, 09:00 PM   #4
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what do you expect from zdnet (or Apple Marketing droids for that matter).
Not much.

When I first started using computers, back in the DOS 3.x days, I subscribed to PC Magazine and learned a lot from it. Then it became "all Windows all the time," stopped the print edition and went digital, and became next to useless.

I notice that they also forget Red Hat.

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