Comments on: Apple sues Mac cloner Pystar http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:23:46 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398/comment-page-1#comment-601892 Dreddsnik Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:38 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398#comment-601892 " If they just sold the hardware and a OS X install disk they would have been ok. As they sell the software pre-installed they deliberately violated the agreement for each installation. " Sadly enough you are correct. This legal loophole bullshit must go if apple is to have any real competition. Weren't shrinkwrap agreements found to be unenforceable though ? ” If they just sold the hardware and a OS X install disk they would have been ok.

As they sell the software pre-installed they deliberately violated the agreement for each installation. ”

Sadly enough you are correct.
This legal loophole bullshit must go if apple is to have any real competition.

Weren’t shrinkwrap agreements found to be unenforceable though ?

]]> By: Dreddsnik http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398/comment-page-1#comment-601890 Dreddsnik Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398#comment-601890 " If anybody else would want to use it, they better pay me. " They did. Read the article. They were bought and paid for copies of OSX, used on one machine and sold to the user that bought the machine. Sounds perfectly legal. If I buy a copy of OSX, you're telling me that I can't EVER sell it to anyone else ? A company found a legal way to compete with apple, and compete damn well ( 1/4 of apples prices ). Sounds like apple is using the color of the law to destroy a legal competitor. I will never buy anything from Apple .. ever. ” If anybody else would want to use it, they better pay me. ”

They did.
Read the article.
They were bought and paid for copies of OSX, used on one machine and sold to the
user that bought the machine.

Sounds perfectly legal.

If I buy a copy of OSX, you’re telling me that I can’t EVER sell it to anyone else ?

A company found a legal way to compete with apple, and compete damn well ( 1/4 of apples prices ).
Sounds like apple is using the color of the law to destroy a legal competitor.

I will never buy anything from Apple .. ever.

]]> By: Johnnyg0 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398/comment-page-1#comment-597991 Johnnyg0 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:33:16 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398#comment-597991 ^^^^ An apple fanboy talking about bias.... its just too fricking funny I can't stop giggling! ^^^^
An apple fanboy talking about bias…. its just too fricking funny I can’t stop giggling!

]]> By: Rick http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398/comment-page-1#comment-596676 Rick Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:20:20 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398#comment-596676 Really... They have a perfectly good reason to sue. If i were apple and i were to develop an OS better then anybody else's, it better damn well be mine. If anybody else would want to use it, they better pay me. Simple as that. Microsoft would do the same thing. Jon, Your anti-apple views and anti-sony views are seriously killing this site for me. Please, for gods sake, stop it. You can post an article on this exact topic without wise cracks like "An affordable competitor to Apple’s overpriced products? Not if Steve Jobs can help it." I understand that your views may be different then mine and i respect that, but isn't the point of this site free speech for the users? You appear to have steered away from that and begun what is basically just an anti- site designed to change people into buying X-Box's and Windows platforms. This site has lost my interest now. It cant even be viewed on Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Wii, or Cell Phone platforms whatsoever. You may want to fix that issue so that people can view your biased articles on the go. Thanks. Really… They have a perfectly good reason to sue. If i were apple and i were to develop an OS better then anybody else’s, it better damn well be mine. If anybody else would want to use it, they better pay me. Simple as that. Microsoft would do the same thing. Jon, Your anti-apple views and anti-sony views are seriously killing this site for me. Please, for gods sake, stop it. You can post an article on this exact topic without wise cracks like “An affordable competitor to Apple’s overpriced products? Not if Steve Jobs can help it.” I understand that your views may be different then mine and i respect that, but isn’t the point of this site free speech for the users? You appear to have steered away from that and begun what is basically just an anti- site designed to change people into buying X-Box’s and Windows platforms.
This site has lost my interest now. It cant even be viewed on Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Wii, or Cell Phone platforms whatsoever. You may want to fix that issue so that people can view your biased articles on the go.
Thanks.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398/comment-page-1#comment-595462 Reader's Write Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:00:10 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/16398#comment-595462 If they just sold the hardware and a OS X install disk they would have been ok. As they sell the software pre-installed they deliberately violated the agreement for each installation. any one else notice the prystar is a itx specification and the mac mini is mini-itx specification. For $100 difference considering the cost of laptop vs full sized RAM, 3.5" vs 2.5" hard disks and the mac mini custom heat sinks the prystar may actually make more profit than the mac mini. If they just sold the hardware and a OS X install disk they would have been ok.

As they sell the software pre-installed they deliberately violated the agreement for each installation.

any one else notice the prystar is a itx specification and the mac mini is mini-itx specification. For $100 difference considering the cost of laptop vs full sized RAM, 3.5″ vs 2.5″ hard disks and the mac mini custom heat sinks the prystar may actually make more profit than the mac mini.

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