[Fed-Talk] Apple closes down OS X Kernel

• Subject: [Fed-Talk] Apple closes down OS X Kernel
• From: Brian Raymond <email@hidden>
• Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:13:52 -0400
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I imagine this will generate some traffic on the list so I thought I would
throw my hat in the ring.

It looks like the Intel version of the OSX kernel might so closed source, I
can understand the reasoning however I don't think it will solve the
problem. If Apple is trying to limit what crackers can attack when trying to
get it to run on generic hardware I think it might help a little but it will
not solve the problem because people will still crack it.

The second more general point I wanted to make regarding Apple's source has
been that this has been used time and time again as a reason why you would
use Apple over competitors. I can't see Apple being able to use the
non-proprietary argument anymore.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=14663&Page=1&pagePos=8

- Brian

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