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Heiroglyph · 14 October 2016, 16:14

I understand that open source would put control back in the hands of the community and that it's preferable, but I'm trying to be pragmatic about it.

It's clear that they will not open source this code, assuming they even have the ability, because they keep pumping money into keeping PPC on life support and that source code is their one and only asset that keeps them around.

This is a company that has been putting development time and money into PPC and inexplicably ignoring 68k, a market they don't even have to grow, just release product for.

That's why I gave them my $20, to show them that if they make something for 68k, they may get something in return.

They already have source code that could benefit us if it was adapted to 68k.

I'd rather have a closed source OS update than nothing at all.

14 October 2016, 16:14	#59
Heiroglyph Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: USA Posts: 97	I understand that open source would put control back in the hands of the community and that it's preferable, but I'm trying to be pragmatic about it. It's clear that they will not open source this code, assuming they even have the ability, because they keep pumping money into keeping PPC on life support and that source code is their one and only asset that keeps them around. This is a company that has been putting development time and money into PPC and inexplicably ignoring 68k, a market they don't even have to grow, just release product for. That's why I gave them my $20, to show them that if they make something for 68k, they may get something in return. They already have source code that could benefit us if it was adapted to 68k. I'd rather have a closed source OS update than nothing at all.