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Tuesday, September 3, 2002
![[Item Permalink]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0112083/images/ur_bullet.gif){kind=small} Mac OS X: open and closed -- Comment()
Saving Money With Open Source. "Apple is the first vendor to bet the farm on BSD. By making Darwin the core of OS X, Apple has made the biggest corporate commitment to OSS so far." (The Star via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] It is interesting to note that also the Open Source part of Mac OS X gets attention. However, most of the attraction to the system is caused by the graphical user interface, the iApps, and all those nice little tools Apple has packaged with the system. So, Mac OS X is a mixture of open and closed, and this seems to work quite well. I hope that also "pure" Open Source versions of Mac OS X software will be developed.
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Experiencing Jaguar -- Comment()
Good Reasons To Upgrade To OS X 10.2: "I almost hate to say it, because I too was bothered by Apple's pricing policy, but after using 10.2 for a couple of weeks, I'm sold: If you use Mac OS X, upgrading to 10.2 is a worthwhile investment." (San Francisco Chronicle via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] Today I finally finished my one-page article about Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2), including two screen captures. My experiences are quite similar to the experiences above. However, I have been a very satisfied user of Mail for some time now, and the new spam filter seems to work much better than I expected. However, I do think that the pricing of Jaguar is a bit steep for those who have been early adopters of the system. But at least you have to option of the five-machine family license.
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