Actually what I was inferring is that between the rate of migration from older GNU tools to current BSD tools and the rate of response for security issues would combine to create a series of security failures in Mac OS. If that went on long enough and is publicized enough, it will effect iOS simply by guilt by association.
Certainly I have also noticed a slight improvement on the way Apple handles security problems but I don't really think it's an adequate response. More importantly I have the general impression that long term Apple is moving away from Mac OS & workstations and towards iOS & devices. So them ignoring Mac OS problems or becoming slower to react on them would not really surprise me... at least until people started to view iOS in an equally negative light because of it.
In any event, I honestly wish that Apple would maintain a larger presence in the FOSS community and put more effort into a more positive two way relationship.
> In any event, I honestly wish that Apple would maintain a larger presence in the FOSS community and put more effort into a more positive two way relationship.
With respect, I think that what you really mean is that you wish they would have a greater presence in the FSF-adherent "free" software community. Their credentials in the open-source world are pretty well burnished: Bonjour, Darwin, WebKit, LLVM and Clang, and so on. They do not, however, care much for the GPL, and I do not blame them.
Certainly I have also noticed a slight improvement on the way Apple handles security problems but I don't really think it's an adequate response. More importantly I have the general impression that long term Apple is moving away from Mac OS & workstations and towards iOS & devices. So them ignoring Mac OS problems or becoming slower to react on them would not really surprise me... at least until people started to view iOS in an equally negative light because of it.
In any event, I honestly wish that Apple would maintain a larger presence in the FOSS community and put more effort into a more positive two way relationship.