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This is rather interesting, and raises a lot of questions for me: does this site exist for a long time already, or is it some kind of response to Microsoft putt
by stinos 11y ago
This is rather interesting, and raises a lot of questions for me: does this site exist for a long time already, or is it some kind of response to Microsoft putting tons of projects on github since last year (IIRC), or what is the reason this is on HN now?
Anyone knows whether the downloads of 'standard' software like git/clang are pathed versions or the original?
Why would they not have used github or similar? Internally they likely do use version control anyway.
- Manishearth 11y agoI think it's been around for a while. Most of the things on that site are non-Apple-owned open source software. (Stuff shows up on HN randomly)
- wingerlang 11y agoFrom this site it seems to be at least 15 years old: https://web.archive.org/web/20000701000000*/http://www.opensource.apple.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000701000000*/http://www.opens...
- frewsxcv 11y agoThere's nothing new about this page, other than software updates. It's been around for years. I don't know why it's getting posted.
- mdaniel 11y agoThere are plenty of reposts that make it on the front page, and they were expressly ok-ed in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html It got posted for the same reason anything gets posted: someone thought it was interesting, and it was upvoted to the front page because others thought it was interesting, too. Plus, Sunday. IMHO, the community benefits far more from folks weighing in with their opinions or discoveries or complaints in the comments than the actual link itself.