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It's official, Rendezvous 'open sourced'
By ron carlson, Insanely Great Mac
September 25th 2002
The mothership has released the source code and gives back to the community that
helped created technology in the first place
Apple has announced it is �open sourcing� the code for its innovative Rendezvous
networking technology. Rendezvous -- based on open Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) Standard Protocols such as IP, ARP and DNS -- uses industry standard networking
protocols and zero configuration technology to automatically discover and connect
devices over any IP network, such as Ethernet or 802.11-based wireless networks, like
Airport.
�Rendezvous is a major innovation in IP networking that creates dynamic networks of
computers, devices and software applications with zero user configuration,� said
Philip Schiller, senior vice president, Worldwide Product Marketing. �By supporting an
open standards process and providing open source software that is available today,
Apple is encouraging the rapid adoption of Rendezvous technology.�
Major developers, such as Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, Philips, Sybase,
World Book and Xerox, have announced support for Rendezvous in a broad range of
products spanning network printers, consumer electronics, enterprise database
management and educational applications.
By making the source code freely available, Apple is making it easy for developers to
use Rendezvous technology in their network-enabled devices or software applications.
The Rendezvous source code includes software to support UNIX, Linux, and Windows-based
systems and devices. Rendezvous support is built into X.2 and is used by Apple�s
innovative new iChat application. Apple is working closely with the IETF Zeroconf
Working Group to help develop zero configuration IP networking technology and is
submitting Rendezvous as an open standard as part of the ongoing IETF standardization
process.
Darwin, the next step
Starting today, developers can download Rendezvous as open source under the Apple
Public Source License here. Rendezvous is part of a broader open source release today
from Apple that includes the Darwin 6.0.1 operating system and additional Open
Directory plug-ins. Together, these underscore Apple�s commitment to making core
protocols freely available as open standards and open source.
Editor's note: Both of these news items have been expected. Nevertheless it's always
good to see Apple giving back; making a difference in the world it profits from.
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