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Re:Introducing Swift by wdr1 on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:19PM (#7836046)
> Open source is something Apple only does strategically - when they have to or it suits them - it is not part of the company's ethos.

What Fortune 500 (or even 5000) systematically open sources every piece of technology? Every company I can think of -- Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Amazon, LinkedIn, AOL, Craigslist, Oracle, -- selectively decides what to open source.

I'm not saying that's right or wrong, but Apple is far from alone in doing so.

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Re:Introducing Swift by davidw on Monday June 02, 2014 @04:42PM (#7836232)
None of them are 100% open or closed, but clearly some are more open than others.
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Re:Introducing Swift by eonil on Monday June 02, 2014 @08:49PM (#7837529)
more open? what a funny joke i ever heard. please define the meaning of the more, and at least tell who is the more open one.
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Re:Introducing Swift by dworzanski on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @08:54PM (#7849511)
Red Hat.
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