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PC Magazine: Apple Needs to Make OS X Open-Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 19, 2006

“A cloud is rising over Mac OS X and its future unless Apple
makes its boldest move ever: turning OS X into an open-source
project. That would make the battle between OS X and Linux the most
interesting one on the computer scene. With all attention turned in
that direction, there would be nothing Microsoft could do to stem a
reversal of its fortunes.

“Let’s start at the beginning. There’s been a lot of fuss over
Apple’s rollout of the unsupported Boot Camp product, which lets
Mac users run Microsoft Windows easily on an Intel-based
Macintosh…”

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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.

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