OSx86 Shutdown Rumors Explained

n.e.watson writes "The AP has run an article that addresses recent rumors on the internet about Apple Legal shutting down the OSx86 Project, with a statement from an OSx86 administrator. From the article: 'The OSx86 Project Web site stated Apple had served it with a notice on Thursday citing violations of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the site was reviewing all of its discussion forum postings as a result. The site has always aimed to adhere to copyright laws and is working with Apple to ensure no violations exist, according to a statement by the site administrator.'"

Comments

Run Linux

[canuck57]

The real answer here is to run a real BSD or Linux. New Hampshire has it right, live free or die.

In the end, the free shall prevail.

Re:Run Linux

[Bazzalisk]

Rubbish.

They may both suck compared to MacOS (though depending upon what you want to do this may or may not be the case) - but compared to windows?

Re:Isn't it odd that...

[Lars T.]

Works great here. Are you using a pirated OS?

Re:Disgusting.

[tpgp]

It's immoral when you buy a product agreeing to certain conditions, then decide you don't like them so ignore them.

I guess you're the sort of person who believes that you can sell yourself into slavery? Or you have no recourse to sue a drunken doctor after a botched operation if you'd signed a no-sue waiver?

If I want to I'm going to:

• Rip RIAA CDs to mp3s & listen to them on my phone

• Use my old Xbox as a media player

• Use cheaps razor blades on my gilette razor

• Watch DVDs under linux (or even with a projector)

• Skip ads with my PVR

• Transfer DRMd AAC files to my cheapie MP3 player

• Extract text from protected ebooks so I can use read them with my (ancient) palm)

So you think I should be able to do none of these things and just accept the shackles blindly?

Re:Apple please listen......

[Henry V .009]

theft is theft

I suppose your car dealership tells you where you can drive your car too. (A Lexus isn't for off-roading!) BTW, how's the kool-aid?

Re:Treating the OS like firmware

[rainman_bc]

And there are people with legitimate Intel OSX machines presently. Apple has no right to tell them they can't install Linux on said box and install their OS on a normal PC.

Given Apple's history of logic board failers, we can expect within the next year we'll have 30% of those PC's with blown main boards, so people with have OSX86 licenses without any hardware.

No fucking way

[geekee]

"Apple's margin on iTMS purchases is, for all intents and purposes, zero. Not much profit there."

You're saying that with a billion dollars in revenue, they haven't been able to turn a good profit on iTMS. All it is is some servers and some software. It's not like they actually need to write the songs. They would need to be completely incompetent to not be able to make money on iTMS.