“Like other tech companies that run Web services, Apple has long relied on open source software,” Amir Efrati reports for The Information.
“But unlike most others, Apple has largely done so secretly, hampering its hiring and causing other problems,” Efrati reports. “Now some within Apple are hoping that is going to change.”
“The tech firm is developing a technology platform that can power all of its Web services, such as iCloud and iTunes, which have long run on separate tech platforms, say people briefed on the effort,” Efrati reports. “The new platform is based on the one Apple developed to run Siri which uses open-source infrastructure software called Mesos.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Anything that increases the reliability and speed of Apple’s Web services is a Good Thing™.
“MacDailyNews Take: Anything that increases the reliability and speed of Apple’s Web services is a Good Thing™.”
Maybe, what if the monoculture creates vulnerabilities? Separate platforms means that a vulnerability on one doesn’t automatically create problems on another.
Apple has not ever hidden their use of open source software.