Xref: utzoo comp.unix.aux:377 gnu.emacs:7 comp.sys.mac:20775 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!well!shibumi From: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux,gnu.emacs,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ./etc/APPLE. No Free Software for Mac users. Message-ID: <7196@well.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 88 00:09:03 GMT Reply-To: shibumi@well.UUCP (Kenton A. Hoover) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 17 >entire thing including source code. If this were true, it would >interfaces and that when viable alternatives (NeXT's AIX interface?, >Open Look?) are available which are defacto standards and aren't >propriatary, Apple will lose business by sticking to their proprietary >interface. Hopefully, they will see the light by then and RMS will >remove his restriction and support GNU software on Apple products. > As my mother always told me, de-facto standards are those standards which people choose to use, not those that choose to call themselves such. Also, de-facto standards pretty much require that the standard be available for public review, which is not true of the supposed NeXT AIX interface... -- ! Kenton A. Hoover {hoptoad,hplabs,lll-lcc,ptsfa}!well!shibumi ! ! SNAIL: 535 Pacific Avenue ! ! Aria International San Francisco, CA 94133 ! ! "Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb!" !