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Definitely, there are pros and cons to each process. They are markedly different, though - Apple wants secrecy, whereas Linux demands transparency. Sometimes patches are rejected or ignored, but transparency is never compromised. This gives insight into how patches are accepted or rejected (eg. the Paragon NTFS), information that isn't public in Apple's process. The separation of users and "blessed" developers remains an enormous roadblock to effectively scrutinizing and quickly fixing Apple's software platforms. It offers some protection, too, but it is a night-and-day difference to how things are handled in the Linux world, dysfunction and all.