Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 2nd Dec 2008 22:42 UTC, submitted by anon
The legal back-and-forth between Apple and clone-maker PsyStar continues to develop, with the latest news being a move by Apple - the Cupertino company has invoked something with many already predicted Apple would call upon: the DMCA, or the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. This was done in an amendment to the original suit, filed in July this year.
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Then maybe they shouldn't have ported to a generic commodity hardware platform.
...which is the exact same rationale that Lexmark used a few years back, when they tried to use the DMCA to prevent "illegal" refills of print cartridges.
I'll ask the same question now that I did back then: if a company (be it Lexmark or Apple) chooses to depend on such a fragile and poorly-conceived business model, then why should they be propped-up? That's like giving out awards for lack of foresight and basic business acumen.
So in other words, they're selling PC clones? Because that's effectively what Macs are these days.