The Mac platform was always considered a premium platform, hence much of its software is shareware or commercial. In the recent days more freeware applications have emerged, but the majority are small utilities and not full scale applications. Enter the world of GNU which can not only provide "free" applications as in beer, but most importantly, "Free", as in Freedom.
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the OSS communities may feel that OSX users aren't worthy of their time, but how else would you gain mindshare than by convering people using non-freee platforms of the benefits of free software?
the OSS communities may feel that OSX users aren't worthy of their time, but how else would you gain mindshare than by convering people using non-freee platforms of the benefits of free software?
the attitude is contrary