Apple Files Suit Against Psystar 805
Reader The other A.N. Other, among others, alerts us to the news that Apple has filed suit against Psystar, the unauthorized clonemaker. (We've been discussing Psystar from the start.) The suit alleges violation of Apple's shrink wrap license and trademarks, and also copyright infringement. News of the lawsuit, filed on July 3, first surfaced on a legal blog. There's speculation that the case has been sealed.
Re:Competition Killer (Score:3, Funny)
But it's Apple, so it's OK.
Reality distortion field detected! Raise your shields! Retreat!
Re:Wake up people (Score:2, Funny)
Innovation though Litigation.
Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score:1, Funny)
So it's like buying a Rolls-Royce engine and putting it into a Camry body, and having Rolls sue you for it?
God I lurve car analogies.
Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score:5, Funny)
Did anyone else try to read that post as a poem?
Think Different? (Score:3, Funny)
More like "Sue Predictably".
Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score:2, Funny)
But sometimes they don't make sense.
Refrigerator.
Re:Come on, now (Score:4, Funny)
...except there is none of that maple wood trim in an Apple.
The Apple is quite literally all of the innards of a Ford put into a prettier body style...
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Re:It's mildly shocking... (Score:5, Funny)
That is precisely why it's a good thing you don't have mod points.
Re:Come on, now (Score:1, Funny)
So, a Lincoln.
Re:Competition Killer (Score:5, Funny)
That's a fair point. Not even I know whether my post is ironic or deadly serious.
Re:It's mildly shocking... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:It's mildly shocking... (Score:3, Funny)
Apple is the same company who has repeatedly sent threatening legal letters to teenage bloggers and such. They also clearly violated their deal with Apple records, and then went on the legal offensive like they were victims.
Apple certainly isn't afraid to use their lawyers. My guess is that they wanted Pystar to make some profits to the lawsuit would make financial sense.
[citation needed]
Re:It's mildly shocking... (Score:4, Funny)
Cause Apple's a cult and you have to swear your undying alliegance to them upon purchasing their machines? I don't know... but that's my guess. Kinda like scientology if you ask me.
it could be worse [geekculture.com]
Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score:5, Funny)
I specced a functionally equivalent machine, and even gave Apple a break by not including the cost of the external hard drive case, external powered USB hub, and power strip that made the total size of the Mac mini solution pretty much the same as the low profile desktop, but I *did* count the firewire card in the cost of the PC!
I know just how you mean. The other day I was looking for a new bicycle. I wanted a bike that would not fold and looked at a Dahon folding bike, then gave Dahon a break by not including the cost of hiring some guy to weld the folding joints in place and it was still more expensive than regular bikes!
Re:It's mildly shocking... (Score:3, Funny)
yeah right, and to save the massive disappointment on my iBook that's worked amazingly for me for 3 years, I have since wasted money on 2 iPods, an iPhone, Airport Express, various peripherals and software.
Also, when I used Vista for the first time ever a few days ago (I was asked to help set up wireless on it) all the pop ups didn't really annoy me, they were like lots of little hugs from Microsoft letting me know they cared, I just faked my disgust at MS design to mask my massive heartache at Apple's famously difficult to use products.
Sarcasm: I'm doing it right.
Re:Don't want to dilute the elixir (Score:3, Funny)
Actually, if you download the latest devtools, it's right at the top of stdio.h:
#DEFINE FOUR 3
The bastards!