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Originally Posted by keentech
Apple is suing everyone. This company sells licensed copies of Apples operating system on generic non-branded computers. But apple wants it only on their hardware...
check it out
http://www.psystar.com/ |
Actually, Psystar is a very different situation, and one that's defensible. And believe me, I do NOT like Apple's business practices one bit. Psystar was taking something Apple actually created -- the actual bits in OS X -- and selling them in direct violation of the licensing terms. Apple has every right to set the terms of sale and use of their actual product the way they want. Psystar decided they didn't like those terms and tried to build a business around violating them. The appropriate response if you don't like Apple's refusal to allow their OS to run on an open hardware platform is to NOT BUY IT! That's one of many reasons I don't own a Mac. You have that choice, and there are great alternatives.
What they're trying to do with patents though is different. They are using overly broad patents to try to keep you from
having any choice. Similarly to the example above, I despise Apple's heavy handed approach to telling me what applications my phone can run. So I don't buy one. Apple's trying to keep me from being able to do that, and that is evil. But I don't think it's fair to say it's the same thing as what Psystar tried to do.