And he was either being obtuse or didn't understand me at all. It's not
about UNIX standards. My point was I can't license OSX for my non-Apple
intel box.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:59 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Intel Mac users only -- mac and pc the lines
> just got to
>
> 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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