Open Source Developers Should Thank Apple? Did The Police Thank The Mafia?

“Utter nonsense! First of all, if Apple is using all of that
open source technology, how is it that none of what they push down
to us is open source? In my mind that makes Apple a parasite of
open source. They have used the technology, are notmaking the
resulting products open source and are contributing zero back to
the community. Why is that any different with that and what the
Mafia does? They both are just taking, not giving back and living
off of the work of others.

“Here is another issue. Whether Apple was open or not, there
would still be competition to its products. It is pure capitalism
at its finest. That some of that competition would be open source
is a testament to the open source movement’s success. But taking
Walker-Morgan’s reasoning, why wouldn’t Apple’s success push
Microsoft, Blackberry or any other vendor to a higher level too?
Are only open source models subject to the market laws of
competition?”

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