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August 28, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Apple opens up its kernel
I guess I hadn't been paying enough attention, but Apple recently announced that it is open sourcing several key pieces of software. (Thanks to Tom, fellow InfoWorld blogger (the "Enterprise Mac" blog), for ending my ignorance. At least in this one small matter.)
The open sourcery includes:
- The Darwin Kernel. (Yes, the infinite beauty of the Mac operating system is starting to open itself to public view. Not sure how Jobs got this one past his secret Opus Dei network of operatives, but I'm glad it happened. :-).)
- iCal Server
- Launchd
- Bonjour
Posted by Matt Asay on August 28, 2006 09:53 AM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the PowerPC kernel and all of unix layer has been open for a very long time--the recent announcement had to do with the Intel version of the kernel which had been closed until fully vetted.
Posted by: David Herren at August 29, 2006 02:38 AM
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