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[Odd]

David Sanders wrote:
>> Much of OS X /is/ FOSS. Apple is FOSS-friendly.
>>
>> Instead, many FOSS programmers are embracing Micros~1's .NET, which
>> however good it may be, is not GPL and is from a company that calls
>> Linux "communist", "cancer" and "a curse". Micro~1 is the world's
>> biggest, richest software company, the most litigious, it is
>> documented and convicted as a liar, a thief, a cheat and an illegal
>> monopolist.
>>
>> We should /never/ trust /anything/ from MS, no matter how good or
>> useful or tempting it may seem. Make no mistake, MS would like to
>> exterminate the FOSS community from the face of the Earth.
> 
> Please don't pretend for a second that if Apple were in the dominant
> monopoly position they would somehow be "nicer" than Microsoft.

Indeed. Apple is actually worse than Microsoft. But since they
have a relatively small market share, most people don't notice it.

> Would
> you mind telling me which particular project Apple funded that has
> helped the rest of the FOSS ecosystem?
> 
> Was it buying CUPS? Was it Darwin(ho ho ho!)? Erm, anything else?

Webkit?

> Basically Apple used big bits of BSD userland and kernel, and, if you
> look at the FreeBSD contributor map, gave absolutely nothing back. Of
> course with the BSD license, that's not neccesary - which is why IMO
> it's a bad license - completely suited to Tivo-isation.

Yep.

> I think you'll find that the Mono project is not on shaky legal ground
> - it's already been allowed to go on for too long for MS to suddenly
> pull the carpet from under Manuel's feet.

I fear you are right.

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Odd