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Re:Google is defragging Android by ghshephard on Monday September 02, 2013 @10:11PM (#6318326)
While I'm not suggesting that OS X is as open as, say, Android, I don't think the parent is speaking Nonsense. OS X does have and open source element, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system), so claiming iOS and OS X are "0% open source" is somewhat incorrect.

I think the parent is correct in that Google is now moving the value added components of their Operating System (as opposed to the more "core" elements of the OS, into closed source and fully under Google's control. It's a rational move, and I applaud them for their cleverness.

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Re:Google is defragging Android by ZeroGravitas on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @04:23AM (#6319723)
Unless something has changed, there is no darwin for iOS and never has been.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_%28operating_system%29

"Darwin is now only available as source code,[5] except for the ARM variant, which has not been released in any form separately from iOS."

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