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From: Michael Mickey on 26 Nov 2009 18:14
A cousin of mine is adamant about OS X being open source. He says
OS X is only a trademark that Apple puts over Darwin. When I replied I
never heard about this, he answered: "Why do you believe developers
would work for free on Darwin otherwise? Apple just wants to make clear
that it won't provide support on hardware they haven't sold." That was
it, I was stuck.

But recently, I read about Psystar. If Darwin and OS X are the same, why
doesn't Psystar use Darwin and put its name over it? I'm sure that
within days, it would be clear that the OS they're using is really OS X.
As a bonus, they wouldn't have to pay for OS X!

I'll see my cousin again next Christmas. I hope you people can provide
some arguments that won't be too easily trumped :)
From: Nick Naym on 27 Nov 2009 02:22
In article michelle-26ED42.17395526112009(a)nothing.attdns.com, Michelle
Steiner at michelle(a)michelle.org wrote on 11/26/09 7:39 PM:

> In article <sehix-1825DF.16101126112009(a)nntp.aioe.org>,
> Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
>
>>> What's the use of having a kernel and some parts if you can't get the
>>> whole thing? Why do people develop for Darwin if OS X comes with all
>>> Mac computers and Darwin is really no use?
>>
>> Why do some people like to play golf?
>
> Why people respond to Yugo/Priam/Fuckwit's trolls?

Because they don't know how to play golf? ;P

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From: Andrew McLaren on 27 Nov 2009 03:19
Michael Mickey wrote:
> A cousin of mine is adamant about OS X being open source. He says OS X

This is obviously a troll.

I sense the son of Laomedon is unwelcomely amongst us, again.
From: Tim McNamara on 27 Nov 2009 11:47
In article <heoa3u0uk1(a)news4.newsguy.com>,
J.J. O'Shea <try.not.to(a)but.see.sig> wrote:

> One of the amazingly stupid things about Priam is how he keeps on and
> on and on repeating tactics which have been shown to not work:
> telling simple, easily refuted, lies, and using
> elementary-school-level insults.

He doesn't have tactics because tactics require an overarching strategy
and a goal. He has no goal beyond insulting Mac users. He's not trying
to promote open source or actually do anything, he's just amusing
himself. Trollishness is basically a masturbatory activity.

He's a harmless idiot if you take him in this light. Engage him if it
amuses you, ignore him otherwise. He's not worth getting one's undies
in a bunch, as the "don't feed the troll" crowd are wont to do. He
enjoys when we lecture each other about not responding to him, too.
From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 27 Nov 2009 12:33
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <timmcn-F21F86.10475927112009(a)news-1.mpls.iphouse.net>,
> Tim McNamara <timmcn(a)bitstream.net> wrote:
>
> > He's a harmless idiot if you take him in this light. Engage him if it
> > amuses you, ignore him otherwise. He's not worth getting one's undies
> > in a bunch, as the "don't feed the troll" crowd are wont to do. He
> > enjoys when we lecture each other about not responding to him, too.
>
> Well, by feeding his ego here, we're keeping him from running amok in a
> shopping center with an AK 47.

He's certainly the sociopathic type to do so.
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