OSx86 Cracked Again

The Cardboard God writes "The OSx86 Project is reporting that the intrepid hacker 'Maxxuss' has once again eluded Apple's security methods and cracked the latest release of Mac OS X for Intel, or 'OSx86', to run on standard x86 PCs. It seems Apple just can't win this eternal struggle with the hackers, as 10.4.4 included beefed up security designed to prevent similar hacking methods used on beta releases of the operating system. Is this a blessing for Apple, or simply a nuisance?"

Comments

A Trick?..

[Zx-man]

that if such a powerfull (talent-wise) company fails to create a considerabe protection for its highly wanted OS, and every release gets eventually cracked, it is yet another confirmation that they want it to be hacked?

Thank you!

[JazzyJ]

To the asshat that submitted this story with direct links. Thank you very little for slashdotting the OSX86 community!

THINK before submit stories, people!!!

Re:If you replace enough files...

[blugu64]

"So who's correct? You or Jobs?

Me. It hasn't exactly hurt Microsoft to sell operating systems, now has it? The reason Apple is so puny is BECAUSE they try and control everything."

right, cause you started a company out of your garage and had it turn into a multibillion doller company with devices in half the population's pockets and ears. (ok ok ok maybe not half, but you get the point)

Re:If you replace enough files...

[crabpeople]

Copyright infringment is not unethical. Whats unethical is that a company owns "happy birthday" and charges thousands of dollars if you want to use it. If i have similar thoughts as someone before me, can a company come along and say "we own those thoughts" and lock me up for thinking them?

one day in the future, when everything is owned, you will be owned too.

I can see the future, you know. One day, if the world were to suffer a change that knocked it back into a "Dark Age", will people be using windows xp that needs to activate with a central server? How will humanity access the sum of the worlds knowledge to rebuild, if its all in proprietary formats? This is the danger of owning information. Information loss, decay or managed destruction. No one thinks of the possible future reprecusions of owning information/art. Would the people who made that art, who recorded that information, be sorry when in 1000 years its lost because some greedy millionaire wanted to make an extra g-note at the turn of the 21st century?

Culture is whats important. This has nothing to do with software, but you mentioned music which is culture so thats more what im talking about. Would the bible have survived without being freely given away? Is it not the worlds most popular book?

 

Oh and btw i would LOVE to see the source of that quote from maynard.. oh wait, it isnt even a quote. its just a collection of made up words that you invented and included for aeffect.