by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Monday March 10, 2014 @04:00PM (#46448743)
Yeah, buddy, Apple sure does seem to welcome outside contributions. They make the money, other people do the work. That's the #1 problem with open source right now - why would I work for free to improve the platforms which Apple is exploiting to make themselves rich? The walled garden model where the open source operating system platform and toolchain is being exploited to make money for big corporations which build their walled gardens on top of open source technology is not good. Chromebooks are the antithesis of what Linux should be as an open platform. Apple is exploiting open source to build their app walled garden. The funny thing is, no one seems to care. Has the technology world simply turned its back on its roots, and given up on openness?
I think it's something along the lines of that old saying about returning WW2 vets..."How do you get the boys back on the farm once they've seen Paris?", well, I was a GNU/Linux true believer for years, dutifully hating Apple and whatnot...until I used OSX in a design class and I realized I had wasted my young years on a shitty project. How do you get the boys to stick with GNU/Linux after they've used a Mac? OSX is the UNIX desktop we've all been waiting for...and it actually arrived more than 10 years ago
Thee technology world is turning to appliances. You know, crap that people have to continually replace? That is where money is to be made. Change the package every year and hey its "NEW".
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well
as afterward.
They really seem to welcome outside contributions! (Score:0)
Yeah, buddy, Apple sure does seem to welcome outside contributions. They make the money, other people do the work. That's the #1 problem with open source right now - why would I work for free to improve the platforms which Apple is exploiting to make themselves rich? The walled garden model where the open source operating system platform and toolchain is being exploited to make money for big corporations which build their walled gardens on top of open source technology is not good. Chromebooks are the antithesis of what Linux should be as an open platform. Apple is exploiting open source to build their app walled garden. The funny thing is, no one seems to care. Has the technology world simply turned its back on its roots, and given up on openness?
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I think it's something along the lines of that old saying about returning WW2 vets..."How do you get the boys back on the farm once they've seen Paris?", well, I was a GNU/Linux true believer for years, dutifully hating Apple and whatnot...until I used OSX in a design class and I realized I had wasted my young years on a shitty project. How do you get the boys to stick with GNU/Linux after they've used a Mac? OSX is the UNIX desktop we've all been waiting for...and it actually arrived more than 10 years ago
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Thee technology world is turning to appliances. You know, crap that people have to continually replace? That is where money is to be made. Change the package every year and hey its "NEW".