XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.computer.workshop   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-01 19:55, Corey wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   And the opinion of a Usenet troll means SO much to me.   
      
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