XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-01 12:58, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 2/1/26 2:39 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-01 04:14, vallor wrote:   
   >>> At Sun, 1 Feb 2026 04:39:43 -0000 (UTC), "Klink"    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Why would anyone punish themselves by using Linux?   
   >>>> If you insist on running some form on Unix then use a Mac like I do.   
   >>>> It's professionally done and has a consistent UI that actually works.   
   >>>> Screw Linux and leave it to people who enjoy fixing things that should   
   >>>> work, like printing for example.   
   >>>   
   >>> You are a very funny lady. 😜   
   >>>   
   >>> (The joke, of course, is that Linux printing uses CUPS -- same   
   >>> as MacOS.)   
   >>   
   >> CUPS--the Common Unix Printing System...   
   >>   
   >> ...is an Apple product.   
   >>   
   >> :-)   
   >   
   >   
   >  >>>   
   > Michael Sweet, who owned Easy Software Products, started developing CUPS   
   > in 1997 and the first public betas appeared in 1999.[5][6] The original   
   > design of CUPS used the Line Printer Daemon protocol (LPD), but due to   
   > limitations in LPD and vendor incompatibilities, the Internet Printing   
   > Protocol (IPP) was chosen instead. CUPS was initially called "The Common   
   > UNIX Printing System". This name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning   
   > with CUPS 1.4 due to legal concerns with the UNIX trademark.[7] CUPS was   
   > quickly adopted as the default printing system for most Linux   
   > distributions. In March 2002, Apple Inc. adopted CUPS as the printing   
   > system for Mac OS X 10.2.[8] In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief   
   > developer Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.[9] On   
   > December 20, 2019, Michael Sweet announced on his blog that he had left   
   > Apple.[10][11] In 2020, the OpenPrinting organization forked the   
   > project, with Michael Sweet continuing work on it. Apple retained the   
   > builds for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with latest release of Apple CUPS   
   > being version 2.3.6 on May 25, 2022.   
   > <<<   
   >   
   >   
   > Another Apple buyout Alan's giving them credit for being their   
   > "product", wow.   
   >   
      
   Yes.   
      
   Apple bought it from Michael Sweet...   
      
   ...in 2007.   
      
   It's now 2026.   
      
   Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the source   
   code that there's been no development?   
      
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