Leopard under the Sun?

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shadowshadow
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in macOS edited January 2014
One more crazy Leopard delay theory: Apple - Sun merger under works.

Apple is getting ZFS (hopefully). Sun going to help Open Office port to OS X. Apple is readying a WebObjects redesign and new push to the enterprise with Leopard server (or so it seams). Other Sun technologies adopted in Leopards version of Xcode (I can be wrong here).

Of course there are many reasons it seems odd (Sun and iPhone? Sun and iPod? Sun and ?TV?), or just signals some sort of cooperation between these companies. Your thoughts?

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    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    Core Animation is really just Looking Glass technology



    http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/
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    chuckerchucker Posts: 5,089member
    Quote:
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    Core Animation is really just Looking Glass technology



    http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/



    I don't see how the two are related at all. Looking Glass is an attempt at a three-dimensional desktop. Core Animation (formerly LayerKit) is a framework to perform layered two-dimensional animations.
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    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,464member
    Quote:
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    I don't see how the two are related at all. Looking Glass is an attempt at a three-dimensional desktop. Core Animation (formerly LayerKit) is a framework to perform layered two-dimensional animations.



    Yeah I know ...I was just going along with the thread. Sun and Apple have always had a amiable relationship. Although a merger wouldn't be the best thing for the companies IMO.
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    macintosh_nextmacintosh_next Posts: 224member
    Now what would be odd is that Sun/Apple merger is what would happen to each OS? Would they merg? If so, would Apple start making it's OS X more "Linux" then "Unix"? If so, then WINE would work with Apple -- and that would be great.



    But I know a lot of Linux users who wouldn't like this merger....like someone said, it wouldn't be a good thing for both companines.
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    amoryaamorya Posts: 1,103member
    Quote:
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    I don't see how the two are related at all. Looking Glass is an attempt at a three-dimensional desktop. Core Animation (formerly LayerKit) is a framework to perform layered two-dimensional animations.



    Actually, LayerKit does support 3D manipulation of layers.It's not a full 3D engine but you can place all your layers anywhere in 3D space.
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