[Discuss] our friend the nsa

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:33:25PM -0400, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
>> > as i understand it, darwin is a fork of freebsd.
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> It's not:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)#History
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>> "darwin" is pretty dead. Apple stopped providing updates a long time
>> ago.
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> They didn't:
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> http://opensource.apple.com/release/mac-os-x-1084/
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> Everybody's got an axe to grind...

Not at all. Those are the GPL packages they are required to provide or
parts that make sense for isvs. The "darwin" project, as a full OS as the
basis of the Mac, is a parrot.


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