Linked by Aaron Vegh on Wed 5th May 2004 19:37 UTC
Is there no larger contingent of armchair corporate CEOs than Apple fanatics? Let's examine the so-called wealth of opinion out there and see how it measures up.
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For a minute there I thought you were Joking!
The Linux Kernal is great because it is GPL, it supports lots of hardware, and is free, but for apple to dump Mach in favour of Linux would be suicide. Mach/Darwin provide an integrated MicroKernal for OSX, while Linux is a Monolithic Kernal with Modular Drivers. I know what I'd prefer.
If Apple really did want to head down the GPL path, they'd be much better starting with HURD, since it is closer to Mach than Linux and can be scultured in a way that Apple Requires simply because it is less Mature than Linux.
But why would they want to head down the GPL path anyway? Darwin with Mach is OpenSource, and although the Licence is more Proprietory than BSD or GPL, it still garners development and improvement from the OpenSource community.
Most of the Linux Market is the domain of System Operators who want a reliable system that They have complete control over. A company like Apple would not only not be accepted, they would be completely rejected, except for a few "Linux for the Desktop" Groupies.
Also the whole OpenSource Philosophy is "Diversity". Without Diversity the OpenSource Movement would stagnate to such a degree that people would stop upgrading thier computers and the whole industry would colapse; just like what Microsoft is Heading towards.