Apple Core

Graham Bower and Charlie Sorrel

A podcast about the history of Apple. In each episode, hosts Graham Bower and Charlie Sorrel explore the story behind a different Apple product, and consider what it tells us about the company’s game plan and where it might be heading next.

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Apple Core

Episodes (17)

Jul 4th From WebKit to Swift: Apple’s Complicated Relationship with Open Source
Feb 8th Podcasts - How Apple made podcasting happen
Jun 19, 2025 iOS 7 - the battle for the future of software design

Apple Core

Jul 4, 2026
1¼ hours
41 MB

In 2003, Steve Jobs said: “Some people have a problem with open source software. We think it’s great.” It wasn’t just talk. Apple would go on to contribute LLVM and WebKit, two projects that became influential far beyond Apple’s own platforms. WebKit even served as the foundation for Google Chrome. So why doesn’t anyone think of Apple as an open source company? That question turns out to have an intriguing answer. The ideas behind free and open source software emerged from decades of argument about who owns code, who controls it, and what developers owe each oth...

Apple Core

From WebKit to Swift: Apple’s Complicated Relationship with Open Source

Graham Bower and Charlie Sorrel

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