yep. The only thing that's presented as a difference is a regular periodic update cycle, which is not really necessary as Mac security vulnerabilities are few and far between at this point. The other difference is code auditing, but given that OSX was re-written using UNIX ( designed as a multi-user OS from the ground up ) as a base, I don't think the criticism applies.
One only has to walk down Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome (a 6 lane boulevard right through Ancient Rome) to understand to what extent Italian Governments (in that case, Mussolini) are willing to pave over their rich heritage in the name of progress.
It's a little understandable even, given that any big construction project in Rome is held up by years every time a ruin is uncovered, so that archeologists can study it.
No. The database was already in the process of being transitioned to IANA prior to the lawsuit. The lawsuit just accelerated the transition. It is now at http://www.iana.org/time-zones
When they came out with the original timeline for integrating QNX onto the BB, I was excited. It was ambitious, but not impossible, and QNX is a fantastic OS that never found a niche. I was hoping RIM could revive it and give it the presence that I always felt it deserved. It looks like they may instead put the final nail in it's coffin instead.
The original timeline might have worked, it might have caught them up. Now that chance is way less