On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:06:42 -0700, Oxford wrote:

> Bob Campbell <bob@bob.bob> wrote:
>
>> > Darwin 6.0.2 is available as a bootable ISO CD image.
>> >
>> > * x86 ISO image (315 M
>>
>> But that's just Darwin - and the already existing open source stuff
>> that Apple has adopted.
>>
>> The question is - where is the FInder source? QuickTime? The Dock?
>> Until you can answer that, you are just blowing smoke - again.
>>
>> OS X is NOT open source. It contains some open source components (so
>> does Windows), but OS X is NOT open source.
>
> And I never said it was. It's 80% more opensource than Windows, and sure
> 20% less open than Linux. But considering it's a quite a bit better OS
> than Linux or Windows, it's a fair compromise.

It it were a better OS, that might be a true statement.

>
> OSX is built on pure, established standards like no other OS built
> today,

Except for Linux, the various BSDs, and other *nix derivatives.

> so opensource advocates love it since you don't get locked in
> like you do with Windows...

That's an out and out lie and you know it. There are plenty of OSS
advocates that don't like it at all.

> and it's a fully compliant UNIX, unlike Linux.

Show us how Linux is not "Unix" compliant.

>
> Learn Bob, Learn...
>
> http://developer.apple.com/opensource/index.html
>
> Open at the Source
>
> http://www.apple.com/opensource/
>
> Downloads direct from Apple...
>
> http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/
>
Where can I download the source to Quicktime, iMovie, iTunes, Finder,
Quartx ... and the list goes on.




--
Rick