OpenDarwin aimed to create a functional, fully open source alternative to the Mac OS X kernel, starting from the Darwin source code provided by Apple. But four years after its inception it hadn’t made much progress. Why not? According to its maintainers, ‘availability of sources’ and ‘difficulty building and tracking sources’ were among the roadblocks — not to mention ‘interaction with Apple representatives.’ I can’t say what those interactions might have been, but not wanting to share its toys is classic Apple behavior. — Neil McAllister. Forget about open source at Apple. Technology Industry