XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-02-05 05:34, Tom Elam wrote:   
   > 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!   
      
   Says the Liarboy!   
      
   Tell me: where was there a single personal insult of anyone in MY post?   
      
   We can see where there was in yours...something you wouldn't dare say to   
   anyone's face.   
      
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