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by kccqzy 2470 days ago
Apple wrote and open sourced their C++ compiler (clang) and C++ standard library (libc++), both part of the LLVM project, years before Microsoft did. In fact it was more than a decade ago in 2007 that Apple open-sourced clang, and now widely adopted by the industry. Sure Apple's participation in open sourcing may not be "enthusiastic" with huge "️Heart Open Source" billboards but it gets real job done and has real positive impact.
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Now if only you could run GPL software on the largest platform Apple sells products for...
huge "️Heart Open Source" billboards

Did Microsoft do this?

A quick Google search turns up nothing.

Or were you using artistic license, equating announcing that they’re open-sourcing something with leasing physical billboard space?