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I don't understand your point, Open Source programming is what it's always been. It's just that proprietary programming has switched from Windows to iOS now.
by Touche 12y ago
I don't understand your point, Open Source programming is what it's always been. It's just that proprietary programming has switched from Windows to iOS now.
- blub 12y agoExactly. Apple took a chunk of Microsoft's market when it comes to developers. Now this has some benefits for open source, as a more balanced market will discourage predatory behavior, but otherwise it's more of the same.
- userbinator 12y agoApple has also been historically far more closed than Microsoft, in part because they also designed the hardware for their systems.
- kragniz 12y agoI'm no apple fan, but Apple does contribute a fair amount of resources to open source. If you're running a typical GNU/Linux distro, go to http://localhost:631/ http://localhost:631/ for fun.
- guardian5x 12y agoYes they do, but so does Microsoft. https://github.com/Microsoft https://github.com/Microsoft