Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 6th Aug 2006 08:51 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
"We all cheered when Apple began experimenting with community-driven, open source development for its flagship operating system. But if those experiments are now drawing to a close, should anyone really be surprised? In his columns earlier this year, InfoWorld's resident Mac aficionado Tom Yager noted how Apple seemed to be backpedaling away from open source. Seen through that lens, last week's news that the OpenDarwin Project would be closing its doors looks like just another sign of the times."
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2005-07-24
pretty much every for-profit company out there is an enemy of FLOSS. (...) the majority of them are like a hot chick who you see on the arm of an ugly, rich guy - they're in it for the money, and as soon as the money dries up, the romance is over.
Still, every time that happens, the code that was freed in the process will remain free. If the code is useless, well, nothing is lost. If it's useful, the world has benefited.
Eventually, OSS might reach the `critical mass' in more and more places, where it is actually cheaper to pay for a contribution to an existing OSS product compared to buying a commercial offering.