Re:Apple Releases OS X 10.11 El Capitan Open Source Darwin Code
by stephenr on Thursday December 10, 2015 @04:31AM
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> If they made Darwin for X86 systems it wouldn't be the same as OS X but it would be something that competes with GNU/Linux and Windows.
Why would they ever do that? What is the benefit to Apple? They make less than $0 on OS X - it costs them money to develop, and is given away for free. It's subsidised by the sale of hardware.
> Somethings they could sell apps for with an app store.
The stuff that's included in Darwin wouldn't be nearly enough to support the App Store - all the high level frameworks that make OS X what it is, are not included in Darwin because they're not open source.
Why would they ever do that? What is the benefit to Apple? They make less than $0 on OS X - it costs them money to develop, and is given away for free. It's subsidised by the sale of hardware.
> Somethings they could sell apps for with an app store.
The stuff that's included in Darwin wouldn't be nearly enough to support the App Store - all the high level frameworks that make OS X what it is, are not included in Darwin because they're not open source.