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Cherry OS Claims Mac OS X Capability For x86
jediboytj writes "According to the MacWorld Article, Cherry OS, does what Virtual PC does for Macs, only the opposite. PC Users are now able to run Mac OSX at G4 Speeds (Company claims 80% of the speed of your PC). It also includes full hardware support: hard drive, CPU, RAM, FireWire, USB, PCI, PCMCIA bus, Ethernet networking and modem. The software is being distributed through electronic download at $49.99 USD..." Note: it does not come with a copy of any Apple OS. Anyone in Windowsland tried it to provide a thumbs up (or down)?
We do have that stability in Windows XP. I had a 3 year old XP install on my main box. I normally get multi month uptime on my laptop. Only time Im rebooting is for driver upgrades.
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Copyright infringement yes, "thievery" no.
Theft or stealing has the implication of denial of the object from the original owner as a necessary part of it's definition. Downloading something does not meet that criteria, so it's not theft.
Not moral, illegal, etc. yes, theft.... no.
Don't you mean Eastasia?
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You're not depriving the copyright holder from money if you had no intent to purchase the item in the first place. There are plenty of movies I would watch for free but would never consider worth paying money to own. Therefore, if I were to download a copy of such a movie without paying for it, I'm not stealing anything. It is illegal, yes. But it's copyright infringement, NOT stealing. There is no money gain or loss on my part or the publisher's part. The same logic follows for anything that can be duplicated in a similar manner.
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When making an illegal copy of something, you may be doing something considered against the law (depending on where you reside geographically on the surface of this planet) but it is not -- technically -- stealing. In the haircut example, labor is performed by someone specifically for you, and you were to have paid them for it. When you don't, that's "theft of services".
When _you_ copy a 10.3 CD, no one has rendered any work specifically for you, and in fact, no one has been required to perform any work at ALL for you. You have not "stolen" the CD from anyone because you are making a COPY. You have not reduced the value of the original CD nor have you harmed the owner of the CD or the manufacturer of it in any physical way. They spent no extra time or effort that has gone uncompensated.
Please don't adopt their language. It's not stealing. It's illegal copying. And that's all it is.
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