Fwd: Xcode 4

[Scott Webster]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Gregory Seidman
<gsslist+macports at anthropohedron.net> wrote:
> Rumor has it that it is a regulatory issue. If Apple bundles too much
> software with the OS or machine or something they open themselves up to
> antitrust issues. I'm sort of surprised they don't have just the Mac SDK
> stuff (compiler and frameworks/headers) in a simple to install free
> package, though. I can see Xcode falling under such things, but not the
> basic toolchain. Perhaps it will show up as a release in the open source
> darwin project.
>

Well, they don't have to bundle it with the OS.  They can simply not
include it with the OS and then just put it on their website for free.
 Seems like a sorry state of affairs if that still counts as bundling.

Scott