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Psystar Announces Licensing Program for OEMs

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Oct 2009 21:45 UTC, submitted by JayDee

Just when you thought you saw it all. So, we all know about Psystar, the two lawsuits between them and Apple, and all the other stuff that's been regurgitated about ten million times on OSNews alone. Well, that little company has taken its business to the next level - by announcing an OEM licensing program.

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RE[5]: Oh no..

by Laurence on Tue 6th Oct 2009 14:47 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Oh no.."

Member since:
2007-03-26

Anyway, this thing sounds me kind of cynical; I think I can compete with MY software developed by MY company using MY developers, etc... Getting profit using someone else's investment is simply a shameless activity.

Apple are still getting profit from their development though.

Apple are still selling copies of OS X regardless of whether its installed on hardware inside a white plastic case with a black silhouette of an Apple, or Psystars own PCs.

This is the crux of the matter and why Psystar haven't already been shutdown: because Apple still selling their software to Psystar, thus Apple are still making money from Psystar - just not as much.

Edited 2009-10-06 14:53 UTC

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RE[6]: Oh no..

by segedunum on Tue 6th Oct 2009 15:58 in reply to "RE[5]: Oh no.."

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2005-07-06

You can also make an argument that they're making more profit as a result.

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