Yes, they used to compromise more along these lines in the past. e.g., Samba's vfs_fruit would never have gotten as good as it is without Apple open sourcing th

Yes, they used to compromise more along these lines in the past. e.g., Samba's vfs_fruit would never have gotten as good as it is without Apple open sourcing their SMBClient. Everyone benefits, even Apple (I'm sure they're running vfs_fruit on their server storage arrays internally). Wish they'd do it more.