"Jesus" <rustybucket666@gmail.com> stated in post
1194802249.476012.139680@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.c om on 11/11/07 10:30 AM:

> On Nov 11, 11:43 am, Oxford <colaloves...@verysmart.com> wrote:
>> Steve de Mena <ste...@stevedemena.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, as if the "Finder" source code is there. You can download XCode
>>> with a bunch of samples, but now the Finder. or can you post the URL
>>> to the Finder source code? No, you'll tell me how I need to learn to
>>> solve problems myself (to hide the fact you are full of shit).
>>
>> You wouldn't want the Finder to be fully opensource if you did, you end
>> up with the mess that is called Linux. Apple was smart to keep the front
>> end consistent for everyone.
>
> WTF? Finder's not open-source because it wants people to pay for
> Finder, not because it would somehow degrade if made open-source (it
> wouldn't).

Well, if it were open source you would end up with a number of different
versions - most not designed by interface experts. Some things would be
improved (FTP for example) but it would no longer be a general use tool and
that is *very* important for Apple. It would make OS X gain many of the
weaknesses and few of the advantages of Linux.


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