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"It was the perfect opportunity to leapfrog Google and help the open source community" The only time Apple helps open source is when they hire the most importa
by VonGuard 14y ago
"It was the perfect opportunity to leapfrog Google and help the open source community"
The only time Apple helps open source is when they hire the most important people in really important projects, and then they graciously allow them to continue contributing. CUPS, LLVM, it's happened a couple times. They take good care of these guys, but I always feel like their contributions to the projects after Apple are being written with one eye watching over their shoulder to make sure they dont get sued for talking to the public about some super secret project.
- pooriaazimi 14y agoFirst time I heard about CUPS! Apparently it's a kind of printing system. Thanks. http://www.cups.org/ http://www.cups.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS
- its_so_on 14y agoyou're not alone. apparently, for many people, occasionally hearing the word "CUPS" is the closest they ever get to printing under Linux.
- emidln 14y agoI'm pretty sure that CUPS was shipping by default on some linux distros as early as 1999. I know I installed Caldera OpenLinux (2.2 or 2.3 maybe?) and Mandrake Linux (version 6 or 7 something) and both had it, detected my printers, and "just worked".
- WiseWeasel 14y agoPeople print so rarely nowadays, it's more economical to go to the FedEx office on the occasions when you need something printed out than to buy a printer and ink or toner.
- nobleach 14y agoHa, hitting http://localhost:631 http://localhost:631 and using the CUPS interface is the easiest ways to fix a few problems on Lion/Mountain Lion.