The week isn't even over yet, and we already have another instalment in the Apple-Psystar soap opera. Psystar has filed a new lawsuit in the Florida Southern District Court in Miami, asking for an injunction and damages because of Apple's "anticompetitive attempts to tie Mac OS X Snow Leopard to its Macintosh line of computers".
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Your analogy is flawed in that cars were meant to have certain parts swapped out.
A better analogy is... what if somebody were to manage to copy out the software from an X Box or PS3 to make and then sell their own game console. This company then referenced the X Box or PS3 name to show that they are compatible.
It's not the same you say because neither company sells that software separately while Apple does.
Apple does not.
Their business model is the exact same... except Apple sells upgrades to their software as standalone software packages. You may not recognize it as an upgrade as It also works as a full install... but then this is a computer, not a console which sometimes requires a full install rather than an upgrade to to install on a blank disk Mac.
Make no mistake though, its the same business model.
Knowing the readers on this site though... some of you actually think that Microsoft and Sony don't have any right to tie their software to their hardware either. To you people I would just say you're a lost cause.
I just ask that you not try to project Microsoft's business model on Apple.
Edited 2009-08-29 01:16 UTC
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and Computer where also meant to have all their part swaped out ... Otherwise we would all use IBM computer with IBM OS.
No , The Laws , in most country , say so ...
But then Microsoft legal problem , in this example/case , is not on it's own console and hardware it's on other company computers blocking and breaking intentionally compatibility with the competition.
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Psystar is right !
Imagine if Ford sold cars with Ford tires and its EULA prohibits buyers would put tires of other brands. It would be illegal, no ?!
In all engineering fields/industries there are common standards to let people exchange parts from various brands. Why not in computer industry ?
Companies like Apple and Microsoft do active and dirty actions to difficult interoperability, standardization and interchange of parts from different vendors. It is a crime and these companies should be punished !