Re: [NTLK] Open-Sourcing the NewtonOS

From: Jean-Pierre (jpj_at_wanadoo.nl)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 14:30:13 EDT


Since Apple used the handwriting-recognition tech in Jaguar, they may be afraid
to release it under an OpenSource license for fear of opening up something
they can still make money out of....

Besides, there's been rumours of an Apple PDA for ever...you never know....

18-8-2002 22:41:27, "Ethan Clark" <eclark_at_mac.com> wrote:

>As a subscriber to a couple of Apple's Darwin mailing lists, I know that there is an official way to request that Apple open-source pieces of software. Granted, this process is probably Darwin-related, but
certainly there should be a way that the Newton communty could officially request such a thing. Does anyone know whether Apple has officially been asked to open-source the NewtonOS? Is this
something anyone cares to have happen?
>
>Oh, and I need to apologize for my last post to this list. I think it would qualify as trolling/flaming (whatever people call these things in discussions) due to a couple of my comments about the x86
architecture. I really didn't mean to insult anyone (if I did)
>
>Ethan Clark
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