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Security Adviser | Roger A. Grimes » Mac OS X kernel no longer open source on Intel platform

May 20, 2006 | Comments: (0)

Mac OS X kernel no longer open source on Intel platform

Fellow InfoWorld writer, Tom Yager, released this bombshell.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/05/17/78300_21OPcurve_1.html

I don't think any of us would have applauded Apple's switch to Intel as much if we knew the outcome would close down the kernel. I find myself with thoroughly mixed emotions about the whole idea.

Posted by Roger Grimes on May 20, 2006 02:19 AM


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I second your mixed emotions on it. As if Apple wasn't proprietary enough as it is.

Posted by: SGA at May 22, 2006 06:12 AM

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