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Maybe my ignorance is showing, but I've felt like Apple has been the least involved major company of them all when it comes to community stuff. They feel so alo
by chrisra 11y ago
Maybe my ignorance is showing, but I've felt like Apple has been the least involved major company of them all when it comes to community stuff. They feel so aloof to me. My impression is Microsoft used to be that way but is changing.
- frame_perfect 11y agoDarwin, LLVM, Clang. Also: WebKit, Objective-C. (debatable since the GPL forced their hand)
- coldtea 11y agoWell, Safari/Chrome/Android browser/etc is a result of an open source project Apple adopted (KHTML), expanded and developed way beyond the original code. And while Webkit couldn't merge back into KHTML easily, it became the basis for a full blown Open Source engine of its own with tons of adoption. Also LLVM. Apple heavily funded work on it, and it's now used by everybody who's anybody in the industry, from Google to MS. Apple just doesn't care to go into much community development by committee (bazaar) because they have their own (cathedral-like) agenda to follow.