[Discuss] our friend the nsa

markw at mohawksoft.com markw at mohawksoft.com
Thu Sep 19 13:45:46 EDT 2013


> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:33:25PM -0400, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>> > as i understand it, darwin is a fork of freebsd.
>
> It's not:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)#History
>
>> "darwin" is pretty dead. Apple stopped providing updates a long time
>> ago.
>
> They didn't:
>
> http://opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-1084/
>
> Everybody's got an axe to grind...

Not at all. Those are the GPL packages they are required to provide or
parts that make sense for isvs. The "darwin" project, as a full OS as the
basis of the Mac, is a parrot.


>
> -b
>
> --
> a woman is like a tea bag; she never knows how strong she is until she's
> in hot water.                                        <eleanor roosevelt>
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