Guys, we can go as much into the license and technicalities or the so called hardware advances of the totally closed system. Of course such customised views will produce very good and high spec products, but the shame is that the Open and Free Ware world have embraced the totally closed system with a religious passion. I&#39;d think the biggest offenders are those who know the kernel well enough to know that they are over paying and the the ideals of the closed system goes against their passion for open or free software. <div>
<br></div><div>If you are not religious enough or share a passion about what Open Standards, Systems and the core of Free Software foundations are, then this thread is not going anywhere. So far I&#39;ve read justifications for a closed system, and that there is a middle ground for the third world. I support pro-closed system because it takes me a long time to put together a code for a specific function so it gives me a chance to appreciate how much efforts have gone into any OS or software production. However, If I supported Open Systems, I&#39;d do it with the same passion. </div>
<div><br></div><div>The bottomline is this :</div><div><br></div><div>Learn OpenSource+FreeWare&gt;Become Good at Open Source+FreeWare&gt;Love the Unix Kernel&gt;Buy and Sell Services on the Unix Kernel&gt;Finally, buy the most expensive and closed system!</div>
<div><br></div><div>@Alan,</div><div><br></div><div>Care to comment on why iTunes and IPhone apps are so restrictive?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers. :-)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Alan Orth <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alan.orth@gmail.com">alan.orth@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

  
    
  
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    @aki,<br>
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    FreeBSD and Mac OS X both use kernels which are derived from Mach
    (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel))" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel))</a>, but the two are only
    cousins.  Also, the kernel is only a very small part of the
    operating system.<br>
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    Mac OS X is much more than just a &quot;pretty&quot; version of FreeBSD!<br>
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    I&#39;m curious... what got you thinking about running OS X on your
    netbook in the first place? :)<br><font color="#888888">
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    Alan</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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