XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/1/2026 10:19 PM, 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.   
      
   So say the master of the pivot to avoid answering a question! 99% of   
   Anal-Allan's pivots are personal insults!   
      
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