I'm trying to be reasonable with you, but you seem to lack the capacity for a normal conversation. A quick glance through your post history shows a very high level of anger and antagonism towards other board members. Perhaps you should take up meditating or something, before you do yourself harm?
A judge can. The only reason Apple has not been subject to the kind of anti-trust laws that MS has, is because of their relatively small market share. As they grow, this may change. It remains to be seen.
There is NOTHING in violation of anti-trust in Apple's computer portfolio that I know of (their music offerings are a completely different animal). Apple claims to support an OS on only one platform. Their own. Sun did this for years, as did DEC. Apple is selling a platform, not an operating system. Not hardware. The package deal. In years past, one couldn't just choose to stick your favorite OS on any hardware, so these issues were effectively absent. Tru64 doesn't run on Sparc, etc. The use of mainstream components doesn't change the binding nature of their license.
There is NO reason why Apple should provide software for (or allow installation on) a platform that "works similarly to" their own. At this point, Apple clearly wants a closed ecosystem. It is NOT their duty to make the software in such a manner that it CANNOT be installed on other computers; this would slow down all legitimate machines (however slightly), and isn't necessary.
Which comes to the crux of the issue. Apple does not license MacOS on any hardware save their own. Even if possible, it is still ILLEGAL to make a "hackintosh". Even if you buy a boxed copy of MacOS. You've bought a license. Both parties have to abide by that license. If you don't agree, take the software back to the store, and get a refund. Installing MacOS on a non Apple computer is NOT covered in the license, and is the same as stealing MS Office or downloading music. You can do it, many people do, but it's still illegal.
Americans (yes, I'm one too) are FAR too entitlement-minded. You don't "deserve" MacOS. Anywhere. You ESPECIALLY don't get to choose the hardware on which the license is valid. If you like the OS, not the hardware, you have a tough decision to make. Suck it up, use the hardware, or walk to the next option. I will point out that it's also illegal to buy a mac, format the drive, and use that "license" for a hackintosh. Not being installed on an Apple product, not valid for a license. You can't dictate what is being sold. Take it as is, or move on.
Telling Apple that they must cripple their software to NOT be installable on other hardware is like telling breweries that they must make their bottles incompatible with drinkers under the legal age. It's up to the consumer to abide by the law, or be punished, not the manufacturer to make sure that no illegal activity occurs. The scary thing is, in this country, I can imagine both being required in the near future.
I realize there are hundreds of morons here who are perfectly fine with Apple deciding exactly what is best for them for their computer needs. (Shitty displays, lack of ports, lack of an ultra-portable, lack of a small/mid tower, lack of upgrades, etc, etc)
But there are some of us in the real world, who can make our own decisions.
Psystar if you open up a donation for legal fees let us know.
You'll say anything except that your Nazi reference was off the wall, as nobody was talking about Nazis. That must mean that you cannot admit a mistake. If you continue to post irrelevant remarks, than I'll continue to point them out.
As for this case, let me remind you, that anyone can sue anyone else, at any time, but that does not mean that they will prevail. Pystar counter-sued in a defensive move, but the law is still on Apple's side in this. Apple owns the damn OS, okay? Pystar stole it for their own use, got it now? When all of this is said and done Pystar will be little more than a bad memory for those who were gullible enough to buy their machines.
if the law was clearly on Apple's side then why have they agreed to a trial in a years time?
The only company to win from this Psystar, imagine how many they could sell in that time??
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
I realize there are hundreds of morons here who are perfectly fine with Apple deciding exactly what is best for them for their computer needs. (Shitty displays, lack of ports, lack of an ultra-portable, lack of a small/mid tower, lack of upgrades, etc, etc)
But there are some of us in the real world, who can make our own decisions.
Psystar if you open up a donation for legal fees let us know.
Americans (yes, I'm one too) are FAR too entitlement-minded. You don't "deserve" MacOS. Anywhere. You ESPECIALLY don't get to choose the hardware on which the license is valid. If you like the OS, not the hardware, you have a tough decision to make. Suck it up, use the hardware, or walk to the next option. I will point out that it's also illegal to buy a mac, format the drive, and use that "license" for a hackintosh. Not being installed on an Apple product, not valid for a license. You can't dictate what is being sold. Take it as is, or move on.
You know, we're just discussing the relative merits of these laws. I think you're right that for some people, it is about entitlement, and there's a whole debate right there. But, one more time just for the record, I am not suggesting it's OK for anyone to break EULAs, whether companies or individuals.
All I said is that there could be benefits to Apple by licensing the OS to some other companies, in some circumstances, and that there could be benefits to the consumer too. I am not sure why the mere suggestion of this has been met with such explicit hostility.
"I believe AAPL really bungled this case by entering into arbitration. I read it as a legal ploy to exhaust Psystar's legal options but it has backfired on AAPL. Psystar is now rubbing the mediation process in AAPL's face. The tail is wagging the dog!"
Psystar rubbing BluRay and notebooks in AAPL's face bought the company to its senses! Good.
No, you're living in a fantasy world and you don't seem to even know the facts.
Fact 1 - Apple and Psystar had no choice but to go through mediation, it was forced upon them by the system as a standard part of the process.
Fact 2 - Psystar hasn't added BluRay support to Mac OS-X at all. All they offer is the same thing any Mac user has been able to get for ages by buying an external or internal BluRay drive and plugging it in.
You're language is full of emotional statements that have no basis in fact, and no support. Like "The tail is wagging the dog!" and so forth. You are either seriously uneducated/untrained or perhaps a juvenile as most people rid themselves of this kind of faulty illogical thinking when they get into University.
Perhaps you'd be better off cheering for a sports team than for Psystar? It's more your speed.
I am all for Apple being able to protect their intellectual property, but whatever happened to the free market?
I'm baffled by how this has gotten so turned around. Apple is working in a free market which allows them the freedom and right to choose who can be a reseller of their products and services. What Psystar is claiming, is that Apple's OS should not be a free market option, but should be sold without question to any and all who wish to resell the OS. That is socialism.
You have a right to choose who represents your products. Apple doesn't want to service garage-made Hackintosh computers. The Upgrade discs they sell are priced for current Mac owners. If Psystar were to win this, Apple's recourses would be to charge Windows Vista Ultimate prices for their upgrades, charge you for the OS upgrades with the initial price of the Mac, and/or spread out the updates of the OS X releases to better match the average upgrade cycles to new HW. None of this is good for the consumer!
On top of that, there is no evidence that Psystar is using an EFiX-like chip to make store bought version of OS X install natively on their off the shelf HW. All roads point to Psystar using an illegally DLed, copied and distributed version of a hacked version of OS X that emulates BIOS so it can be installed. This is commonly found on torrents and newsgroup sites and has been a success for the DIYer, but going after this community would be near impossible, and they never tried to sell their this stolen, copyrighted, and patented IP to anyone else. The argument that buying a "legal" copy of OS X means you can steal a hacked copy from the internet is as valid as me being allowed to steal an HDTV, because I already own on.
if the law was clearly on Apple's side then why have they agreed to a trial in a years time?
The only company to win from this Psystar, imagine how many they could sell in that time??
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
in any case I'll always root for the little guy..
Apple had agreed to mediation, but obviously that fell apart. The choice now is to go to trial, or forget the whole thing. Apple is not going to forget it. Unfortunately, with busy courts, it takes a while to actually get to the trial itself. Apple is in no hurry, Pystar is just digging themselves a deeper hole by continuing their operation. Don't worry about how many units Pystar sells, that will all get addressed when Apple prevails, and Pystar won't be smiling.
I'm baffled by how this has gotten so turned around. Apple is working in a free market which allows them the freedom and right to choose who can be a reseller of their products and services. What Psystar is claiming, is that Apple's OS should not be a free market option, but should be sold without question to any and all who wish to resell the OS. That is socialism.
You have a right to choose who represents your products. Apple doesn't want to service garage-made Hackintosh computers. The Upgrade discs they sell are priced for current Mac owners. If Psystar were to win this, Apple's recourses would be to charge Windows Vista Ultimate prices for their upgrades, charge you for the OS upgrades with the initial price of the Mac, and/or spread out the updates of the OS X releases to better match the average upgrade cycles to new HW. None of this is good for the consumer!
On top of that, there is no evidence that Psystar is using an EFiX-like chip to make store bought version of OS X install natively on their off the shelf HW. All roads point to Psystar using an illegally DLed, copied and distributed version of a hacked version of OS X that emulates BIOS so it can be installed. This is commonly found on torrents and newsgroup sites and has been a success for the DIYer, but going after this community would be near impossible, and they never tried to sell their this stolen, copyrighted, and patented IP to anyone else. The argument that buying a "legal" copy of OS X means you can steal a hacked copy from the internet is as valid as me being allowed to steal an HDTV, because I already own on.
I agree with all that... I think what happened here is someone decided to argue against something I didn't say, or at least didn't mean (which is always fun) and we went from there.
See my post just above this one, for what I really 'meant' to say... posting on forums while trying to listen to conference calls isn't sensible at the best of times!
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
What kind of deal would that be? Paying them off? Buying them out? Is there some reason why anyone of us on this forum alone who has a great more experience in building PCs can't do what Psystar is doing? Why do you think that a deal wouldn't just cause more people to come out of the darkness with their hands out? Do you not see that the only solution that benefits the user is for Apple to destroy Psystar?
You can start with the hierarchy of the Third Reich.
Oh, you mean Nazis.
Took your advice and looked it up on the Britannica Online Encyclopedia...
"Third Reich" - official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
"Nazi" - On July 14, 1933, his government declared the Nazi Party to be the only political party in Germany. On the death of Hindenburg in 1934 Hitler took the titles of Führer (?Leader?), chancellor, and commander in chief of the army, and he remained leader of the Nazi Party as well. Nazi Party membership became mandatory for all higher civil servants and bureaucrats, and the gauleiters became powerful figures in the state governments. Hitler crushed the Nazi Party?s left, or socialist-oriented, wing in 1934, executing Ernst Röhm and other rebellious SA leaders at this time. Thereafter, Hitler?s word was the supreme and undisputed command in the party. The party came to control virtually all political, social, and cultural activities in Germany. Its vast and complex hierarchy was structured like a pyramid, with party-controlled mass organizations for youth, women, workers, and other groups at the bottom, party members and officials in the middle, and Hitler and his closest associates at the top wielding undisputed authority.
Psystar is bound to lose because no-one can challenge the great holy AAPL. Why I was praying to Master Steve about this just the other day. His boots had the slight taste of lemon when I licked them. This tells me Psystar is going to get the reputation of a yellow cowardly fruit punch gone just slightly rotten.
Don't get me wrong. Psystar could survive weeks or even months. But although the small, unimportant US "Constitution" and "Sherman Anti-Trust Act" (lol) protects Psystar, or so they believe, AAPL is really above and beyond all this mishmash and jibba jabba. Back when Steven originated the human race about 10,000 years ago, he was careful to avoid any direct challenge to AAPL, the source of our light and knowledge. What is true is AAPL. What is false and wicked is Psystar. This is all a parable that Steve is using to teach us a lesson. Don't be fooled, friends, not everything Steven does can be understood by our small human minds. You have to let go of your human "rules" and "thoughts" because they are useless against AAPL. There is no Dana only Zoul.
Took your advice and looked it up on the Britannica Online Encyclopedia...
"Third Reich" - official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
"Nazi" - On July 14, 1933, his government declared the Nazi Party to be the only political party in Germany. On the death of Hindenburg in 1934 Hitler took the titles of Führer (?Leader?), chancellor, and commander in chief of the army, and he remained leader of the Nazi Party as well. Nazi Party membership became mandatory for all higher civil servants and bureaucrats, and the gauleiters became powerful figures in the state governments. Hitler crushed the Nazi Party?s left, or socialist-oriented, wing in 1934, executing Ernst Röhm and other rebellious SA leaders at this time. Thereafter, Hitler?s word was the supreme and undisputed command in the party. The party came to control virtually all political, social, and cultural activities in Germany. Its vast and complex hierarchy was structured like a pyramid, with party-controlled mass organizations for youth, women, workers, and other groups at the bottom, party members and officials in the middle, and Hitler and his closest associates at the top wielding undisputed authority.
Man this is loony! What are you even getting at?
With all the bold text, it reminds me of all those religious guys that walk around with posters full of bible verse with odd words highlighted, as if some meaning attaches as a result.
What's next? Posts of the definition of "computer" from the wiki?
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I'm trying to be reasonable with you, but you seem to lack the capacity for a normal conversation. A quick glance through your post history shows a very high level of anger and antagonism towards other board members. Perhaps you should take up meditating or something, before you do yourself harm?
A judge can. The only reason Apple has not been subject to the kind of anti-trust laws that MS has, is because of their relatively small market share. As they grow, this may change. It remains to be seen.
There is NOTHING in violation of anti-trust in Apple's computer portfolio that I know of (their music offerings are a completely different animal). Apple claims to support an OS on only one platform. Their own. Sun did this for years, as did DEC. Apple is selling a platform, not an operating system. Not hardware. The package deal. In years past, one couldn't just choose to stick your favorite OS on any hardware, so these issues were effectively absent. Tru64 doesn't run on Sparc, etc. The use of mainstream components doesn't change the binding nature of their license.
There is NO reason why Apple should provide software for (or allow installation on) a platform that "works similarly to" their own. At this point, Apple clearly wants a closed ecosystem. It is NOT their duty to make the software in such a manner that it CANNOT be installed on other computers; this would slow down all legitimate machines (however slightly), and isn't necessary.
Which comes to the crux of the issue. Apple does not license MacOS on any hardware save their own. Even if possible, it is still ILLEGAL to make a "hackintosh". Even if you buy a boxed copy of MacOS. You've bought a license. Both parties have to abide by that license. If you don't agree, take the software back to the store, and get a refund. Installing MacOS on a non Apple computer is NOT covered in the license, and is the same as stealing MS Office or downloading music. You can do it, many people do, but it's still illegal.
Americans (yes, I'm one too) are FAR too entitlement-minded. You don't "deserve" MacOS. Anywhere. You ESPECIALLY don't get to choose the hardware on which the license is valid. If you like the OS, not the hardware, you have a tough decision to make. Suck it up, use the hardware, or walk to the next option. I will point out that it's also illegal to buy a mac, format the drive, and use that "license" for a hackintosh. Not being installed on an Apple product, not valid for a license. You can't dictate what is being sold. Take it as is, or move on.
Telling Apple that they must cripple their software to NOT be installable on other hardware is like telling breweries that they must make their bottles incompatible with drinkers under the legal age. It's up to the consumer to abide by the law, or be punished, not the manufacturer to make sure that no illegal activity occurs. The scary thing is, in this country, I can imagine both being required in the near future.
I realize there are hundreds of morons here who are perfectly fine with Apple deciding exactly what is best for them for their computer needs. (Shitty displays, lack of ports, lack of an ultra-portable, lack of a small/mid tower, lack of upgrades, etc, etc)
But there are some of us in the real world, who can make our own decisions.
Psystar if you open up a donation for legal fees let us know.
Outside of a historian's intrigue, can you give some examples, some names, past or present, fans of Hitler?
Just curious...
You can start with the hierarchy of the Third Reich. If you want more, and or names, go look them up, they aren't hiding.
You'll say anything except that your Nazi reference was off the wall, as nobody was talking about Nazis. That must mean that you cannot admit a mistake. If you continue to post irrelevant remarks, than I'll continue to point them out.
As for this case, let me remind you, that anyone can sue anyone else, at any time, but that does not mean that they will prevail. Pystar counter-sued in a defensive move, but the law is still on Apple's side in this. Apple owns the damn OS, okay? Pystar stole it for their own use, got it now? When all of this is said and done Pystar will be little more than a bad memory for those who were gullible enough to buy their machines.
if the law was clearly on Apple's side then why have they agreed to a trial in a years time?
The only company to win from this Psystar, imagine how many they could sell in that time??
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
in any case I'll always root for the little guy..
Outside of a historian's intrigue, can you give some examples, some names, past or present, fans of Hitler?
Just curious...
Daily Mail
+100 for Psystar!!!
I realize there are hundreds of morons here who are perfectly fine with Apple deciding exactly what is best for them for their computer needs. (Shitty displays, lack of ports, lack of an ultra-portable, lack of a small/mid tower, lack of upgrades, etc, etc)
But there are some of us in the real world, who can make our own decisions.
Psystar if you open up a donation for legal fees let us know.
+1.... or more
You can start with the hierarchy of the Third Reich. If you want more, and or names, go look them up, they aren't hiding.
Mussolini??
Daily Mail
Vichy France, Mussolini...................
Americans (yes, I'm one too) are FAR too entitlement-minded. You don't "deserve" MacOS. Anywhere. You ESPECIALLY don't get to choose the hardware on which the license is valid. If you like the OS, not the hardware, you have a tough decision to make. Suck it up, use the hardware, or walk to the next option. I will point out that it's also illegal to buy a mac, format the drive, and use that "license" for a hackintosh. Not being installed on an Apple product, not valid for a license. You can't dictate what is being sold. Take it as is, or move on.
You know, we're just discussing the relative merits of these laws. I think you're right that for some people, it is about entitlement, and there's a whole debate right there. But, one more time just for the record, I am not suggesting it's OK for anyone to break EULAs, whether companies or individuals.
All I said is that there could be benefits to Apple by licensing the OS to some other companies, in some circumstances, and that there could be benefits to the consumer too. I am not sure why the mere suggestion of this has been met with such explicit hostility.
As I posted last week...
"I believe AAPL really bungled this case by entering into arbitration. I read it as a legal ploy to exhaust Psystar's legal options but it has backfired on AAPL. Psystar is now rubbing the mediation process in AAPL's face. The tail is wagging the dog!"
Psystar rubbing BluRay and notebooks in AAPL's face bought the company to its senses! Good.
No, you're living in a fantasy world and you don't seem to even know the facts.
Fact 1 - Apple and Psystar had no choice but to go through mediation, it was forced upon them by the system as a standard part of the process.
Fact 2 - Psystar hasn't added BluRay support to Mac OS-X at all. All they offer is the same thing any Mac user has been able to get for ages by buying an external or internal BluRay drive and plugging it in.
You're language is full of emotional statements that have no basis in fact, and no support. Like "The tail is wagging the dog!" and so forth.
Perhaps you'd be better off cheering for a sports team than for Psystar? It's more your speed.
I am all for Apple being able to protect their intellectual property, but whatever happened to the free market?
I'm baffled by how this has gotten so turned around. Apple is working in a free market which allows them the freedom and right to choose who can be a reseller of their products and services. What Psystar is claiming, is that Apple's OS should not be a free market option, but should be sold without question to any and all who wish to resell the OS. That is socialism.
You have a right to choose who represents your products. Apple doesn't want to service garage-made Hackintosh computers. The Upgrade discs they sell are priced for current Mac owners. If Psystar were to win this, Apple's recourses would be to charge Windows Vista Ultimate prices for their upgrades, charge you for the OS upgrades with the initial price of the Mac, and/or spread out the updates of the OS X releases to better match the average upgrade cycles to new HW. None of this is good for the consumer!
On top of that, there is no evidence that Psystar is using an EFiX-like chip to make store bought version of OS X install natively on their off the shelf HW. All roads point to Psystar using an illegally DLed, copied and distributed version of a hacked version of OS X that emulates BIOS so it can be installed. This is commonly found on torrents and newsgroup sites and has been a success for the DIYer, but going after this community would be near impossible, and they never tried to sell their this stolen, copyrighted, and patented IP to anyone else. The argument that buying a "legal" copy of OS X means you can steal a hacked copy from the internet is as valid as me being allowed to steal an HDTV, because I already own on.
Vichy France, Mussolini...................
I wouldn't call collaborators 'fans'.
if the law was clearly on Apple's side then why have they agreed to a trial in a years time?
The only company to win from this Psystar, imagine how many they could sell in that time??
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
in any case I'll always root for the little guy..
Apple had agreed to mediation, but obviously that fell apart. The choice now is to go to trial, or forget the whole thing. Apple is not going to forget it. Unfortunately, with busy courts, it takes a while to actually get to the trial itself. Apple is in no hurry, Pystar is just digging themselves a deeper hole by continuing their operation. Don't worry about how many units Pystar sells, that will all get addressed when Apple prevails, and Pystar won't be smiling.
I'm baffled by how this has gotten so turned around. Apple is working in a free market which allows them the freedom and right to choose who can be a reseller of their products and services. What Psystar is claiming, is that Apple's OS should not be a free market option, but should be sold without question to any and all who wish to resell the OS. That is socialism.
You have a right to choose who represents your products. Apple doesn't want to service garage-made Hackintosh computers. The Upgrade discs they sell are priced for current Mac owners. If Psystar were to win this, Apple's recourses would be to charge Windows Vista Ultimate prices for their upgrades, charge you for the OS upgrades with the initial price of the Mac, and/or spread out the updates of the OS X releases to better match the average upgrade cycles to new HW. None of this is good for the consumer!
On top of that, there is no evidence that Psystar is using an EFiX-like chip to make store bought version of OS X install natively on their off the shelf HW. All roads point to Psystar using an illegally DLed, copied and distributed version of a hacked version of OS X that emulates BIOS so it can be installed. This is commonly found on torrents and newsgroup sites and has been a success for the DIYer, but going after this community would be near impossible, and they never tried to sell their this stolen, copyrighted, and patented IP to anyone else. The argument that buying a "legal" copy of OS X means you can steal a hacked copy from the internet is as valid as me being allowed to steal an HDTV, because I already own on.
I agree with all that... I think what happened here is someone decided to argue against something I didn't say, or at least didn't mean (which is always fun) and we went from there.
See my post just above this one, for what I really 'meant' to say... posting on forums while trying to listen to conference calls isn't sensible at the best of times!
I think its Apple who are stalling, maybe trying to do a deal with them.
What kind of deal would that be? Paying them off? Buying them out? Is there some reason why anyone of us on this forum alone who has a great more experience in building PCs can't do what Psystar is doing? Why do you think that a deal wouldn't just cause more people to come out of the darkness with their hands out? Do you not see that the only solution that benefits the user is for Apple to destroy Psystar?
You can start with the hierarchy of the Third Reich.
Oh, you mean Nazis.
Took your advice and looked it up on the Britannica Online Encyclopedia...
"Third Reich" - official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
"Nazi" - On July 14, 1933, his government declared the Nazi Party to be the only political party in Germany. On the death of Hindenburg in 1934 Hitler took the titles of Führer (?Leader?), chancellor, and commander in chief of the army, and he remained leader of the Nazi Party as well. Nazi Party membership became mandatory for all higher civil servants and bureaucrats, and the gauleiters became powerful figures in the state governments. Hitler crushed the Nazi Party?s left, or socialist-oriented, wing in 1934, executing Ernst Röhm and other rebellious SA leaders at this time. Thereafter, Hitler?s word was the supreme and undisputed command in the party. The party came to control virtually all political, social, and cultural activities in Germany. Its vast and complex hierarchy was structured like a pyramid, with party-controlled mass organizations for youth, women, workers, and other groups at the bottom, party members and officials in the middle, and Hitler and his closest associates at the top wielding undisputed authority.
Don't get me wrong. Psystar could survive weeks or even months. But although the small, unimportant US "Constitution" and "Sherman Anti-Trust Act" (lol) protects Psystar, or so they believe, AAPL is really above and beyond all this mishmash and jibba jabba. Back when Steven originated the human race about 10,000 years ago, he was careful to avoid any direct challenge to AAPL, the source of our light and knowledge. What is true is AAPL. What is false and wicked is Psystar. This is all a parable that Steve is using to teach us a lesson. Don't be fooled, friends, not everything Steven does can be understood by our small human minds. You have to let go of your human "rules" and "thoughts" because they are useless against AAPL. There is no Dana only Zoul.
Perhaps you'd be better off cheering for a sports team than for Psystar? It's more your speed.
I said the exact opposite. Look in the mirror you retarded dolt!
I am all for Apple being able to protect their intellectual property, but whatever happened to the free market?
Sooo.... while you respect intellectual property, you say it's okay to throw it out in a free market?? Riiigghhht....
I can picture you saying that remark with your pinky at the corner of your mouth like Dr. Evil.
Oh, you mean Nazis.
Took your advice and looked it up on the Britannica Online Encyclopedia...
"Third Reich" - official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
"Nazi" - On July 14, 1933, his government declared the Nazi Party to be the only political party in Germany. On the death of Hindenburg in 1934 Hitler took the titles of Führer (?Leader?), chancellor, and commander in chief of the army, and he remained leader of the Nazi Party as well. Nazi Party membership became mandatory for all higher civil servants and bureaucrats, and the gauleiters became powerful figures in the state governments. Hitler crushed the Nazi Party?s left, or socialist-oriented, wing in 1934, executing Ernst Röhm and other rebellious SA leaders at this time. Thereafter, Hitler?s word was the supreme and undisputed command in the party. The party came to control virtually all political, social, and cultural activities in Germany. Its vast and complex hierarchy was structured like a pyramid, with party-controlled mass organizations for youth, women, workers, and other groups at the bottom, party members and officials in the middle, and Hitler and his closest associates at the top wielding undisputed authority.
Man this is loony! What are you even getting at?
With all the bold text, it reminds me of all those religious guys that walk around with posters full of bible verse with odd words highlighted, as if some meaning attaches as a result.
What's next? Posts of the definition of "computer" from the wiki?