Hey, Roy. Quit beating around the bush and tell us what you really think of Apple.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre On Dec 9, 2010 8:03 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: Their OS is BSD. They took from open source and made a ton of money and then proceeded to use it to attack open source and threaten to sue everybody. Those are the facts. Like it or not. I give them nothing. Apple is evil, pure and simple. There products are great if you like living in a fascist dictatorship. I don't and will not give them any ground to spread their message which is freedom hating to the core. Pun intended. :) Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 8 December 2010 23:45, dbneeley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Roy, > > I think your statement that Apple "gives nothing back" is an exaggeration. > Let's at least be fair about it. > > To give but one example, they "took" the web browser code from Konqueror > and improved it, becoming what is now called Webkit. That is open source > code--and is the basis of the new Konqueror, in fact, as well as various > other browser projects. > > Second, the basis for OSX was indeed open source, but from the BSD > universe--where the licensing permits exactly what they have done with it. > When they have used GPL code, as with the browser example, they have > complied with that license as well. > > Personally, I'm not adverse to the creation or use of a closed source > product by those who wish to. As for open source code, so long as folks > follow the license provisions, they are perfectly entitled to do what they > wish with it otherwise. That is, after all, what licenses are for. > > Not using Apple computers is your right, just as using them is the right of > any who wants to. > > To give them their due, OSX has an outstanding GUI--certainly not perfect > but better in many ways than just about anything else out there--and no, I > don't own an Apple and have no intention of buying one. > > I, too, have used KDE as my primary UI for many years. It appears that the > project may be changing a great deal, though--and I would not be surprised > if its name changes as well in the near-term future. I noticed, for > instance, that KOffice has been renamed, while the desktop itself is more > and more using the "Plasma" designation. I think that is a function of its > increasing stress on mobile devices. > > David > > --- In [email protected] <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>, > Roy <linuxcan...@...> wrote: > > > > > I for one will never buy a Mac even if they were the only computer maker > > left. I love open source and free software and Apple is at the exact > > opposite. They are freedom haters that take from open source and give > > nothing back, worse than Microsoft. I say this as someone whose first > > computer was an Apple II. It was open and free as you like then Jobs > killed > > it off and came up with a closed computer for non techies and called it > the > > Mac. Yuck! > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
