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good job - Linux or Ubuntu is the killer app for apple.

• fanatic2pope 6y ago
  That always makes me wonder how much they have contributed to Linux itself? I know they funded CUPS for a while, which I guess is something, but has Apple ever upstreamed any useful kernel work code or device drivers or user space libraries or apps?
  • stu2b50 6y ago
    They indirectly helped the space by lighting a fire under GCC's ass by funding clang development. Clang + LLVM is also useful in general for everyone, after all it's the backbone of code generation for languages like Rust.
  • jki275 6y ago
    They have upstreamed stuff to FreeBSD for a long time. I don't know how much or if it's used or not, but their kernel and a bunch of their other stuff is open source. opensource.apple.com
    • toyg 6y ago
      They famously do opensource abysmally. They just throw code over the wall, largely for pre-existing licensing reasons. The projects they “own” have mostly floundered once they reached a level Apple deemed good enough (CUPS).
      • jki275 6y ago
        Yeah, I know, you always show up to argue this. It's not their obligation to make you happy. It's not their obligation to maintain everything for you. They are under no licensing obligation to provide you anything. They don't use GPL code, they use mostly BSD licensed code, which they don't have to give you. But they do anyway. They give you code and tools they've developed and if you want to use them you can. If you don't, you don't have to.