On Wednesday 02 September 2009 12:30:34 Meir Kriheli wrote: > On 09/01/2009 11:21 PM, geoffrey mendelson wrote: > > <snipped/> > > > Apple is actually a pretty decent supporter of FOSS, they just chose not > > to use the GPL, which lead them to BSD instead of Linux, and they kept > > parts of their operating system and technology proprietary. They have an > > obligation to their stockholders to maintain the value of their > > investment. They also pay their employees fairly and have good benefits, > > something that some people on this list feel is their right as > > consultants marketing FOSS, but not the right of the developers of it. > > > > Geoff. > > A company which shuts down websites (to let their PR keep rolling on > launch), forces other to remove videos (wired), uses the DMCA to hold > down a wiki site (just to keep a format hidden) and much more are no > supporters of FOSS. > > The "obligation to stockholders" is a lame excuse (just like, "it's a > company, they need to make money") for keeping a fake "FOSS"/"Cool" mask. >
In addition to what Meir said further, I should note that I've been collecting many anti-Apple links here: http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/apple/ Plenty of links and citations there. Regards, Shlomi Fish > -- > Meir > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Stop Using MSIE - http://www.shlomifish.org/no-ie/ God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as we read. _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
