Re: More Of Apple's Legal Antics

Donald L McDaniel wrote:
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:52:59 -0800, John Slade wrote
(in article <%z8Lf.24101$_S7.200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

"Timberwoof" <timberwoof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:timberwoof-4666AA.18343720022006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <JluKf.10843$rL5.847@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"John Slade" <hitman86@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Tim Crowley" <timmyturmoil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Slade wrote:
Now Apple is insuring that people they piss off will work extra hard
to distribute the cracks and patches that allow any PC to run the x86 OS
X.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060218/tc_cmp/180204164

I wonder when they'll try to shut down USENET when someone posts it
to a
binary group.
snarf. That's old news, and the site in question is up, running and
giving more current news.
Now that you know that nonsense is over, would you care to explain 1.
Oh no, nothing is over. In fact read my next post on this subject. Now
more people will try to do it.

Why should Apple not protect it's intellectual property rights and
They should but they're going about it the wrong way. They're acting
like control freaks when it comes to free speech. Anybody can talk about it
as long as they don't do it. There are versions of Windows XP there for
download for free against Microsoft's wishes and they aren't trying to shut
down every site. They're restricting access to updates and other downloads
via their Genuine Microsoft Validation program.
So what is the right way?
Read again. If you're able to comprehend. You might see a suggestion there.

2.
If OSX sucks so bad why are people gonna work "extra hard" to run it on
hardware it's not meant for?

Apparently you don't know the motivation of a lot of hackers. Most
will do it because it wasn't meant to run on generic PCs. Others want to run
it to check it out without having to by one of Apple's over prices Macs.
Or without having to buy one of Apple's reasonably priced Macs.
That too. The reasons are endless.


Still other people just love OS X and want it on their PCs. Who really knows
and who cares?
Well, we care. Obviously it's something people want to put on their PCs. So it
can't be as bad as some here say.
Why should you care? Many people have Unix(OS X) on their systems. It's just another OS that can be pirated and installed. You don't seem to care if it's done with any other OS so why care if it's Apple?

The point is it's going to be put on PCs not made by Apple
and there is nothing they can do to stop it.
You mean there's nothing that Apple should do about it.
There is something Apple should and will probably do in the future. Give up on the hardware and market OS X for PCs. Hell over the last decade, Macs have slowly moved towards PC clone hardware. Now they're clones with a special chip/chipset.

Macs won't be "cloned" until it is possible to purchase an Apple logic board from ANY manufacturer, as is possible for any "clone" of an IBM PC.

By the way, I do not believe that Apple should ever give up on the hardware side of their business. I for one love Apple's proprietary design. I DON'T love their over-pricing, however.

What will be funny is when someone ports Windows to run on Intel Macs. That will be a laugh riot.

The only "someone" who will be able to "port" Windows to run on Intel Macs will be Microsoft themselves, if they choose to, and Apple approves of it, since anyone else would not be doing a "port", but rather "backward engineering [really, 'stealing']" a product belonging to Microsoft.


1> Getting Windows to run on an x86 based Mac does not require a 'port'. 'Ports' are a cross OS/language thing.

2> Microsoft does not need or require Apple's permission to get Windows to run on x86 Macs.

3> Backwards ('reverse') engineering in itself isn't stealing. Disassembly of proprietary code and reusing it is, but analysing code and writing your own code to to do essentially the same thing isn't.





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