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CherryOS On Hold

Posted by Zonk on from the ripening-later-this-year dept.

aberkvam writes "MacWorld is reporting that CherryOS is "On Hold - until further notice." Does this mean that they are going to confirm that they used PearPC's code or is this just a delaying tactic due to the potentially pending lawsuit? Slashdot has covered this saga before."

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  1. I have to laugh ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Reactions to this story: "Yayyy! Those dirty bastards are going down!"
    Reactions to Alternate Story: "Ugh! Typical! They're always trying to kill/steal/damage Linux! Linux did nothing wrong! LINUX ROX1!!!1"

    The Alternate Story in question here is "Microsoft Windows code found in Linux kernel. Linux put on hold."

    Silly Slashbots. :-)

  2. "Theft" hypocrisy on /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Witness the classic /. double-standard. Piracy isn't theft, but CherryOS "stole" PearPC's source code. Pick a mindset and stick with it. Don't look selfish by sticking up for piracy as a non-theft but calling GPL code theft "stealing."

  3. Re:You think? by sharkey · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Texans read Slashdot! Hoo'd'ah thunk it!

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    "Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
  4. SCO is getting involved, too. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Hmmm... This was in yesterday's newspaper:
    For immediate release:

    SCO (NASDAQ: SCOX) today announced the aquisition of the rights to CherryOS, a proprietary software program that allows Wintel computers to execute Apple codes. This software permits users of Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to run applications made for Apple Mac OS X.

    And then this was in the paper today:
    For immediate release:

    SCO (NASDAQ: SCOX) today announced that it is filing a lawsuit against computer hackers involved in a project known as PearPC. The lawsuit names specific individuals whom SCO alleges stole proprietary SCO codes from SCO's CherryOS and illegally placed them into PearPC. SCO is seeking special remedies for what it calls "unrecoverable damages" caused by PearPC's theft of SCO's valuable proprietary intellectual property.

    I wonder what will happen next... I guess this means no more running OSX on my Dell... Oh well. Lost another one to Darl.