Why would Microsoft open up a larger market for one of their competitors? They want everyone using Windows, not more people using OSX.
I do wonder where Psystar is getting all this money to pay their lawyers, though.
You need to think like the enemy to understand his motives.
To Microsoft, the only reason why people are moving from Vista is because enough people felt that OS X was a more stable and refined operating system. Hence, the way to remove this thorn in their side is to de-couple the operating system from the hardware. This will cause incredible damage to Apple's revenue stream as they make more from the sale of hardware than software. The flood of people requesting support for their third party equipment (since a hackentosh will never run as well as a Mac) will be an additional financial drain to Apple's cash reserves. It will also bear fruit in the potential public relations meltdown when Apple digs in their heels and refuses to patch, support or otherwise deal with the small, but oddly vocal, group of people who purchased these system.
To Microsoft, Psystar is to Apple what SCO was to Linux. It doesn't matter if the case is won or not, there is some sort of maneuvering going on behind the scenes of the public charade to keep everyones eyes off the real prize. Whatever that objective is constitutes the real threat to Apple and our community, not Psystar.
The situation would be akin to this (modifying the Nintendo situation from earlier): Joe buys a PS3 from the store. Joe buys a copy of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii only) from the store. Joe modifies the hardware of the PS3, allowing it to play SMG. Is that illegal?
What if he sells it?
Sony got money for the system. Nintendo got their asking price for the game... what's the problem?
-Clive
selling the one system he hacked is one thing, hacking systems for a few friends is another thing. trying to become a full blown retail business and sell the hacked systems mass market is yet another thing.
some random web store selling hacked/modified XBox's may be below Microsoft's radar, or just too small they wouldn't care enough. But if ThinkGeek started selling hacked/modded XBox 360's in massive quantities (possibly even trying to get them into retail outlets at some point, which you know Psystar would also want to do), then there would be issues.
Uh... okay, hyperbole much? The EULA part is a breach of contract, which is not "illegal" per se, but could have legal ramifications, if terms were set. Apple has not set terms of what happens if you breach the EULA, therefore there are no consequences. And by the way, murder in self defense is not illegal. Murder in war is also not illegal. What justifies them? If you want to proclaim that there is no circumstance under which EULA should ever be broken, even if it violates your constitutional rights... say for example (since you like hyperbolistic examples so much) that OS X's EULA says that you must submit your first-born child as human sacrifice to Steve Jobs... you have a right to revolt. Apple's EULA bars legally-purchased copies of OS X from ending up anywhere else but on a bucket of bolts that only Apple sells. This is an abomination of consumer choice. I'm not saying psystar should legal have a right to sell hackintoshes but to bar consumers from building them WOULD be a obstruction of a consumer's rights.
The situation would be akin to this (modifying the Nintendo situation from earlier): Joe buys a PS3 from the store. Joe buys a copy of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii only) from the store. Joe modifies the hardware of the PS3, allowing it to play SMG. Is that illegal?
What if he sells it?
Sony got money for the system. Nintendo got their asking price for the game... what's the problem?
-Clive
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Originally Posted by sflocal
Of course it's okay to do that! The Master-branded padlock your parents are using on your door to prevent you from leaving the the basement will not work with your Schlage key. Apparently, the lack of sunlight is affecting your ability to think things through logically.
Does it make sense now?
And no one is crying foul over Wii games only being playable on the Wii. Same goes for XBox and 360.
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Why would Microsoft open up a larger market for one of their competitors? They want everyone using Windows, not more people using OSX.
I do wonder where Psystar is getting all this money to pay their lawyers, though.
You need to think like the enemy to understand his motives.
To Microsoft, the only reason why people are moving from Vista is because enough people felt that OS X was a more stable and refined operating system. Hence, the way to remove this thorn in their side is to de-couple the operating system from the hardware. This will cause incredible damage to Apple's revenue stream as they make more from the sale of hardware than software. The flood of people requesting support for their third party equipment (since a hackentosh will never run as well as a Mac) will be an additional financial drain to Apple's cash reserves. It will also bear fruit in the potential public relations meltdown when Apple digs in their heels and refuses to patch, support or otherwise deal with the small, but oddly vocal, group of people who purchased these system.
To Microsoft, Psystar is to Apple what SCO was to Linux. It doesn't matter if the case is won or not, there is some sort of maneuvering going on behind the scenes of the public charade to keep everyones eyes off the real prize. Whatever that objective is constitutes the real threat to Apple and our community, not Psystar.
The situation would be akin to this (modifying the Nintendo situation from earlier): Joe buys a PS3 from the store. Joe buys a copy of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii only) from the store. Joe modifies the hardware of the PS3, allowing it to play SMG. Is that illegal?
What if he sells it?
Sony got money for the system. Nintendo got their asking price for the game... what's the problem?
-Clive
selling the one system he hacked is one thing, hacking systems for a few friends is another thing. trying to become a full blown retail business and sell the hacked systems mass market is yet another thing.
some random web store selling hacked/modified XBox's may be below Microsoft's radar, or just too small they wouldn't care enough. But if ThinkGeek started selling hacked/modded XBox 360's in massive quantities (possibly even trying to get them into retail outlets at some point, which you know Psystar would also want to do), then there would be issues.
Uh... okay, hyperbole much? The EULA part is a breach of contract, which is not "illegal" per se, but could have legal ramifications, if terms were set. Apple has not set terms of what happens if you breach the EULA, therefore there are no consequences. And by the way, murder in self defense is not illegal. Murder in war is also not illegal. What justifies them? If you want to proclaim that there is no circumstance under which EULA should ever be broken, even if it violates your constitutional rights... say for example (since you like hyperbolistic examples so much) that OS X's EULA says that you must submit your first-born child as human sacrifice to Steve Jobs... you have a right to revolt. Apple's EULA bars legally-purchased copies of OS X from ending up anywhere else but on a bucket of bolts that only Apple sells. This is an abomination of consumer choice. I'm not saying psystar should legal have a right to sell hackintoshes but to bar consumers from building them WOULD be a obstruction of a consumer's rights.
The situation would be akin to this (modifying the Nintendo situation from earlier): Joe buys a PS3 from the store. Joe buys a copy of Super Mario Galaxy (Wii only) from the store. Joe modifies the hardware of the PS3, allowing it to play SMG. Is that illegal?
What if he sells it?
Sony got money for the system. Nintendo got their asking price for the game... what's the problem?
-Clive
Of course it's okay to do that! The Master-branded padlock your parents are using on your door to prevent you from leaving the the basement will not work with your Schlage key. Apparently, the lack of sunlight is affecting your ability to think things through logically.
Does it make sense now?
And no one is crying foul over Wii games only being playable on the Wii. Same goes for XBox and 360.