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That's a good point, though it's not like they'd be able to release stuff that they'd lost. (What the chances are of things getting lost - who knows. Apple may
by tom_ 1y ago
That's a good point, though it's not like they'd be able to release stuff that they'd lost.
(What the chances are of things getting lost - who knows. Apple may well be unusually well-organised. But my bet stands. There are a lot of non-zero values.)
- eschaton 1y agoI know some of the people involved in those releases; Apple has been extremely diligent about keeping all of those artifacts in perpetuity. They use geologically-stable offsite storage and so on, and keep that stuff for IP protection reasons.
- userbinator 1y agoThey also seem to have continued using the same 7-digit part numbering system throughout; this ROM is 342-0441 and 342-0442, a 2014 iMac has 820-4668.