Open-sourcing the Apple

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Author: JT Smith

“A powerful OS that runs popular applications would represent a Unix that has finally grown up. And it would present us with a truly interesting question: Should Microsoft be worried? I say yes, because Mac OS X can potentially challenge Windows both in usability and in industrial reliability; but, no, because Apple’s slice of the market is still too small, and Microsoft’s sway with developers and independent software vendors is too high.” FreeBSD Project co-founder Jordan Hubbard reviews Mac OS X for Salon.