Wilfredo Sánchez Vega, Darwin Operating System
Track: Keynote
Date: Thursday, October 03
Time: 8:30am - 9:30am
Location: Santa Clara Ballroom
In March 1999, Apple Computer announced that it would distribute its core system software in source form and allow Apple's developer community as well as the broader community to participate in the ongoing evolution of this new and fundamental part Mac OS, fittingly called Darwin. This decision was influenced by a variety of factors, including Darwin's BSD roots and Apple's existing and fruitful relationships with a number of open source groups such as MkLinux, NetBSD, and Apache.
It was not, however, a trivial decision to make. Committing to an open development model requires a philosophical change which affects the culture in which engineers work. It requires new and more intimate communication with external developers. Finally, it took a lot of work to actually make it all happen.
Wilfredo discusses the history that led up to the creation of Darwin, the obstacles that had to be overcome, and the process of putting together the first Darwin operating system distribution. He covers some of the results of this effort in the form of a case study: what worked and what didn't.
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