Re: MOSR on MOSX again

Tim Byars (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:09:54 -0800


On 12/15/98 at 7:05 PM -0500, Kragen Sitaker let the world know this:

> Tim, is this a joke?

I'm sort of the wrong person to ask about this. However, the thing about
Apple and Mac's that people don't get is this. In the PC world little
pissants write virus's. In the Mac world they start rumors. Same thing.

>> Apple is also
>> working to license Carbon APIs and YellowBox to all major UNIX versions...
>> This doesn't mean that Apple is giving away MacOS X, just the support
>> necessary to run MacOS X applications. No source code will be given.
>
> a. Apple does not plan to give out source code.
> b. Apple plans to require a license from anyone who
> implements the Carbon or OpenStep APIs.
>
> That would be frightening, except that it's blatantly illegal.
>
> Tim, did you make this post up?

nope, clearly you don't know how lazy I am.

http://www.macosrumors.com/

Tim

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