"Rick" <none@nomail.com> stated in post 13jegv9i9nl3113@news.supernews.com
on 11/11/07 11:03 AM:

> 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.

"Better" is, of course, subjective - it depends on what purpose you are in
reference to. OS X, likely, allows the general user to do more than any
other OS: so for the "masses" OS X is "better" in that way. It also allows
others to to things easily and well - but it is not the best solution for
all needs.




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