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May 19, 2006
Gruber on Darwin
Gruber on Darwin: John Gruber of DaringFireball.net writes of Apple's decision to not release source code to upcoming versions of its OS kernel, focusing particularly on the ability of varying engines to execute existing deployed content: "The insinuation here is that if the source code to Darwin's kernel were available, users of high-end Power Macs (or whatever they're going to call them) and Xserves would be able to run their own hot-rodded kernels and yet still run Mac OS X. I suppose technically that might be possible, it certainly doesn't sound plausible. I highly doubt one could just plop down a recompiled kernel and expect the rest of Mac OS X to continue 'just working'." I think similar arguments hold even stronger for Adobe Flash Player, where what people seek is predictability on Other Peoples Machines.
Posted by JohnDowdell at May 19, 2006 02:50 PM
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