XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: jacksonatcorey4@email.net   
      
   Alan wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-02-01 19:11, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > > On 2/1/26 9:54 PM, Alan wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > > > > > 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?   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Microsoft did work on DOS, too, would you give Gates credit for   
   > > > > coding it initially?   
   > > >   
   > > > Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?   
   > > >   
   > > > Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Did you snip the rest of what I wrote because you can't address it,   
   > > Usenet troll paid by Apple to annoy us everyday?   
   > >   
   >   
   > Answer my questions.   
   >   
   > Your other stuff was a pivot...   
   >   
   > ...as you always do.   
   >   
   > 1. "Do you suppose that in the 18+ years since Apple purchased the   
   > source code that there's been no development?"   
   >   
   > You didn't answer: you pivoted.   
   >   
   > 2. "Did I give credit to Apple for initially coding CUPS?"   
   >   
   > You didn't answer.   
   >   
   > 3. "Or is that just something you imagined in your fanaticism?"   
   >   
   > You didn't answer.   
      
   Holy schitt's creek!   
   You are one hell of a used dooooshbag Alan.   
   So what is wrong with you?   
   OCD?   
   Maybe you are an Aspie?   
   ADHD?   
   Whatever your ailment is you should seek out treatment because you are   
   clearly miswired. A defect. A freak. A fool.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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