Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 25, 2002 02:22 PM
Come on.. perfect case to point out: Apple Computer. Apple has benefitted majorly from both unix and from open source. Look at how far along their FreeBSD/Darwin based OS X has come in just a year's time on the market with all the help from the open source community? That operating system has given Apple the tools it needs to expand and remain competitive in the OS arena. Their old system was a major impediment to both developers and users who had to fight its limitations. Now getting with a mostly open-sourced Unix OS, Apple is forging right ahead and making major headway not only against Micro$oft, but more importantly for open source and for their platform. It was a wise business move for Apple, one that will be paying them back well in the coming years with the portability of apps between unix systems, and one that will well profit other companies that make a similar move to Unix (as developers or end users).
Unix and open source are the way. So the business model is different: More of the profit relating to the distribution of the OS will be going to hardware manufacturers and less money will be shelled out by the end users (for the OS).. Are end users going to complain? No, I think not. People need a cheap viable universal operating system where they have an opertunity to be involved in its design and it doesn't cost a fortune to implement. M$ can kiss our *nix!
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Re:A major milestone for open source?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 25, 2002 02:22 PMUnix and open source are the way. So the business model is different: More of the profit relating to the distribution of the OS will be going to hardware manufacturers and less money will be shelled out by the end users (for the OS).. Are end users going to complain? No, I think not. People need a cheap viable universal operating system where they have an opertunity to be involved in its design and it doesn't cost a fortune to implement. M$ can kiss our *nix!
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