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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Intel Mac users only -- mac and pc the lines just got to
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:58:57 -0400
Yup, that's exactly what we need.  A Mac without the GUI so as to be 
non-proprietary.  Huh?

Chuck Norcutt

Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: "Tom Scales" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The only thing preventing that is the closed, unlicensable OSX  
>> operating
>> system?
> 
> (http://tinyurl.com/ytgdov) "Apple, Leopard UNIX will be an Open  
> Brand UNIX 03 Registered Product, conforming to SUSv3 and POSIX  
> 1003.1 specifications. That means the next generation of OS X will be  
> fully leaded UNIX without any odd dialectical quirkiness."
> 
> Actually, you can download the source code for Darwin, which is  
> everything MacOS X except the GUI, and compile it for the machine of  
> your choice -- for free.
> 
> Sounds like it's the "other platform" that is "closed" and  
> "unlicensable" not MacOS. Or has Billy Boy conformed Winblows to  
> international standards and started distributing its source code  
> without telling anyone?
> 
> :::: Schist! I was about to take it for granite! ::::
> :::: Jan Steinman http://www.EcoReality.org ::::
> 
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