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xtunes Forced to Change Name, Appearance by Apple Lawyers

Posted by pudge on from the predictable dept.

A user writes, "xTunes was an Open Source project that replicated much of the interface, functionality, and ease of use of iTunes. Apple's army of lawyers has forced them to change their name and redesign the interface." The new name of the project is sumi.

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  1. Ugh by Your_Mom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Apple comes out with cool software product
    2. People who don't want to spend $1k for single piece of software clamour for Apple to port it to different operating systems
    3. Apple sez "No way Jose"
    4. Developers create clone of said software so people can use it cross platform
    5. Apple attacks with lawyers
    6. ...
    7. Profit

    Honestly, unless Apple comes out with a x86 port this claim is one of the most anal around.

    Of course, I wonder when Apple will send a letter to Microsoft demanding they stop production fo Windows?

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