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Mac OS X Intel Build Addresses Pirating

Posted by Zonk on from the arrrr-keep-september-19th-in-mind dept.

aardwolf64 writes "ThinkSecret has an article up detailing information about the newest Mac OS X 10.4.3 builds (which is currently said to fix almost 500 bugs with 10.4.2.) What is more interesting is the release of 10.4.2 (Intel) to developers. Universal binaries built with the new version (and apparently all subsequent versions) will not work on systems running the older version of the OS."

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  1. 'universal' binaries ayyy by noisymime · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Universal binaries built with Xcode 2.2 and the new copy of Mac OS X 10.4.2 for Intel will also fail to run on systems running the older version of the operating system."

    I know that updating for bugfixes is the right things to do... But there's not much incentive to upgrade if your 'universal' binaries won't work on the previous developer system. Does anyone else think that the whole universal binaries idea is a waste of time? Sure its handy where writing two versions is next to impossible, but realistically, thats not very often.

  2. What is Apple thinking? by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Troll

    What is Apple thinking? They've got fans so dedicated that they're hacking OS-X to run on Intel boxes a full year before any mainstream applications are likely to arrive, and all Apple can think about is how to stop and discourage them.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  3. Piracy would be a boon for Apple by unsigned+integer · · Score: 0, Troll
    Seriously. Suddenly you have an OS being used far and wide. An OS that needs applications, or people willing to sell applications. Hell, it might even fuel more iPod sales.

    The only real issue is the hardware and hardware support. Didn't Apple get bit hard by crappy mac-knock-offs/cheap imitations a long time ago?

    Dunno. I just think Apple can sell support+services+hardware to a broader market, once they creep into the x86 space.

  4. Only Apple by Ice+Station+Zebra · · Score: 0, Troll

    Could take a free operating system and turn it into something people want to pirate. Long live the GPL.

  5. Re:Check your facts again - by DECS · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know FreeBSD is free. And of course, the value in Mac OS X comes from NeXTStep, Apple's other proprietary and commercial technologies, and Apple's work in updating 4.3 BSD to something more modern.

    Free software isn't worth much without the development work needed to apply it.

    You also know must know that you're talking out your ass about khtml - and I think you're doing it because it's easier to make broad, sweeping comments that repeat simple ideas you've heard rather than express an informed opinion.

    Yeah Slashdot! Who needs information when you can have ignorant opinions instead?