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I have a strong negative bias vs Apple and everything they make.

One thing is Apple is not a closed source company. Though it is a mixed bag they have made some good contributions to the Open Sources world. Though their Walled Garden is YUGE

https://developer.apple.com/opensource/

* Bonjour

* Webkit

* Swift

I think they are the biggest driver behind LLVM projects (LLVM/Clang/LLDB) as well which is a huge value to OSS too.

Though those contributions aren't strategic.

As of now, most of Android APIs are in AOSP. How many Apple APIs are?

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