Corporations and You: Who’s Who in Open Source – Part 3

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 1, 2010

“Finally, the most expected category . Companies that, with
their actions (or inactions), affect Open Source, with the intent
to destroy or uncharacterize it.

“Apple: The number one company in (expensive) gadgets, Apple has
deep connections with Open Source. Some Open Source projects are
closely linked to it.

“Apple, of course, loves the BSD projects, which allow it to
suck what it can from the community and give nothing in return.
Apple loves Open Source so much, it even based its MacOSX on a BSD
like operating system core, putting a proprietary GUI(Quartz) on
top of it.”


Complete Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.