On 12 Feb 2004, at 10:08 PM, Matthew Hunter wrote: > Maybe I should write this up on the web. Call it something like > "Open Source Kamikazi: How Apple could have killed Microsoft, > but blinked". > > It's good to see that Apple is playing nice, now that they have > the luxury of being able to do so. But that has nothing to do > with why they picked a BSD-licenced OS as their base platform. Who ever said that choosing Linux was a requirement for them? I was merely stating that Apple was and is contributing in part to the open source community. A far cry from Microsoft, eh? Also, I find it strange that you think it's somehow morally suspect for a company to pick a strategy that lets it continue to survive. As for the reply-to; fine, I'll shut up now. ed -- Ed Hahn / ehahn at isochronism.com "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got an even swing!"