Re: Darwin and the Apple II

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

"John E. Townsend" writes ...
> 
> A snippet from today's press release by Apple:
> 
> -----------
> Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced the launch of Darwin --
> the Open Source(TM) release of the Mac(R) OS X Server operating system
> foundation. 
 ....
> 
> "The Open Source movement is revolutionizing the way operating systems
> evolve and Apple is leading the industry by becoming the first major OS
> provider to make it's core operating system available to Open Source
> developers
 ....
> ---------
> 
> OK, it seems to me that maybe the venerable II may be able to benefit from
> this as well.  Perhaps this could contribute to the development of an HFS+
> FST or more AppleTalk printer drivers.  Maybe Apple could even be
> encouraged to open source ProDOS and GS/OS too...
> 
 ....

     Maybe. One snag to overcome is that ProDOS and GS/OS and GS System are not
on Apple's 'radar screen'. ProDOS is not even licensed any longer; probably,
the same is true for most other A2 stuff from Apple.

     Now is probably a good time to contact Apple Support and ask about source
documentation for II and IIgs stuff.



Rubywand