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> Mainly for binary applications though. Which OSS guys tend to dislike. Huh?

• dlsspy 17y ago
  Where binary == closed source. Imagine a binary-only distribution of some application that runs on all hardware platforms (because we get that a lot in OS X and we used to get it on NeXTSTEP as well).
  • nailer 17y ago
    The parent's correct though - 'binary' does not mean 'binary only. They have very distinct meanings, and reading the sentence as written is confusing.
    • tvon 17y ago
      Indeed, I took it to mean that OSS guys only build from source, or something along those lines. Proprietary software uses binary formats, yes, but interchanging 'proprietary' with 'binary' is a bit confusing.