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[–] 25 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (5 children)

also as another commenter said, apple had a donation matching program so could possibly have been some employee donated $20 and apple matched it

also also, osx is based on openbsd; not freebsd so id expect them to donate maybe to kernel development and the actual distro it’s based on rather than a random other one

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  • [–] 19 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

    also, osx is based on openbsd; not freebsd

    This is the first time I've heard this, and I couldn't find any sources for it. Everything I've ever read indicated they based off of Mach and FreeBSD. I'd love to see sources to the contrary.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

    ah you’re totally right! idk where i got that from: i’ve thought openbsd for yeeeeeears

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago

    It's cool. I don't know why more people don't use the BSDs as a basis for a project. Depending on what you're doing just starting with a UNIX like OS means there's time to pivot if you're not writing drivers for specific hardware. I'll never understand why people use Windows for that kind of thing.

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