So, legaly, there is no difference? Thought so. Also, upgrade or not, the EULA is meaninless according to anti-trust law, so those OS X installs have fair and square bought licenses, and Apple doesn't have any say in the matter where the hell the software is going to be installed, period.
Also, aren't you confusing trademark with intellectual property? The trademark is on one of their own products, so there isn't o trademark infringement to speak of.
Or, you could make a good JS JIT compiler, and let it do it for you. Most browsers would probably get into swapping theirs with your improved version, allowing you to never exit the bounds of the browser, which is the main advantage of the browser. BTW, anyone though of making a rendering engine in JS? That would be really interesting.
You mean just like Flash? Frankly, seeing how well Moonlight is doing, I'd rather have me locked into it, rather than Flash and it's horrid Gnash replacement, given a choice, and believe me, that is more choice than you could wish for in a world of sleazy marketers and PHBs.
How is it illegal? If the other company payed fair and square for the Coca-cola in the bottle, it's a non-issue. Also, they don't technically sell the bottles, only the liquid, the bottles are a side effect. Apple technically sells both OS X and Macs.
BTW, how is a psystar machine different from a hackintosh?
You do realize that one of the defining characteristics of a netbook is "cheap"? Sun Microsystems Inc. is a more likely candidate. Then again, so is IBM... *sigh*
Why are external drives an issue? Aren't there some SANesque miniracks for drives out there? A well designed and sturdy enclosure will provide a much better operating environment for a HDD or SSD than the innards of any computer.
IOW, there is a market niche for pandering to the wants and needs of geeks. Hmmm, barely any support calls, free driver support after you get something workable under a FLOSS license, no wasting money on flashy designs and boxes, just some basic good engineering and they'll fall in love with you (thinkpads, anyone?)... Sounds like good market, any takers?
PCI is a standard parallel bus with shared bandwidth. Tops out at 133 MB/s. SATA I starts at 150 MB/s. Even if the bus is not the bottleneck, I don't see the point in putting it in, considering that it can run one drive at full blast, at best. Something like PCIe would be more suitable.
If your gaming rig is about to take off, it's because you have crappy fans/heatsinks, and have not bothered setting up the proper BIOS configuration for such a machine. And although having a monopoly over something, abusing it to leverage into another market is wrong. And Apple technically have a monopoly over Apple-branded computers, therefore, as the producer of Mac OS X, they should not limit it to Apple-branded computers, otherwise they are breaking anti-trust laws (conventions?). So I will run Mac OS X on any machine I damn well please, or else they will be at the wrong end of a class action lawsuit. I don't have much other resources than time, but the rest I can pool together.
I believe ethics is a codification of conscience, removing the "just a gut feeling" factor. Sorry, dude, the rest is way over my head, but thanks for the conversation.
Yes, but the listed preventative options are of limited scope, and clash with people's lifestyles, turning your suggestion from "I took this pill, now I am better, and the doctor says I don't have to worry, this is great medicine" to "WTH, I'm supposed to do ALL this, and for this marginal risk reduction? Might as well not bother."
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Whats with all these HTTP forums? Somebody make a NNTP backend for the major CMSes so we can synch 'em already.
Gesundheit.
Actually, for people who don't do finance or anything important on their PCs, that might be an idea...
So, legaly, there is no difference? Thought so. Also, upgrade or not, the EULA is meaninless according to anti-trust law, so those OS X installs have fair and square bought licenses, and Apple doesn't have any say in the matter where the hell the software is going to be installed, period.
Also, aren't you confusing trademark with intellectual property? The trademark is on one of their own products, so there isn't o trademark infringement to speak of.
Mod parent up "+1 Gotcha".
Would you agree to be one of them?
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Will you pay our electricity, bandwidth and maintenance bills for all those searches you do?
You do realize that that sounds insightful, and not sarcastic/funny to some of us? Mod parent up, BTW.
Or, you could make a good JS JIT compiler, and let it do it for you. Most browsers would probably get into swapping theirs with your improved version, allowing you to never exit the bounds of the browser, which is the main advantage of the browser. BTW, anyone though of making a rendering engine in JS? That would be really interesting.
A language is never slow, the runtime is, and/or the compiler optimizer is crappy.
You mean just like Flash? Frankly, seeing how well Moonlight is doing, I'd rather have me locked into it, rather than Flash and it's horrid Gnash replacement, given a choice, and believe me, that is more choice than you could wish for in a world of sleazy marketers and PHBs.
How is it illegal? If the other company payed fair and square for the Coca-cola in the bottle, it's a non-issue. Also, they don't technically sell the bottles, only the liquid, the bottles are a side effect. Apple technically sells both OS X and Macs.
BTW, how is a psystar machine different from a hackintosh?
<nazi type="parsing"> head explodes </nazi>
Sounds good to me.
You do realize that one of the defining characteristics of a netbook is "cheap"? Sun Microsystems Inc. is a more likely candidate. Then again, so is IBM... *sigh*
Why are external drives an issue? Aren't there some SANesque miniracks for drives out there? A well designed and sturdy enclosure will provide a much better operating environment for a HDD or SSD than the innards of any computer.
IOW, there is a market niche for pandering to the wants and needs of geeks. Hmmm, barely any support calls, free driver support after you get something workable under a FLOSS license, no wasting money on flashy designs and boxes, just some basic good engineering and they'll fall in love with you (thinkpads, anyone?)... Sounds like good market, any takers?
PCI is a standard parallel bus with shared bandwidth. Tops out at 133 MB/s. SATA I starts at 150 MB/s. Even if the bus is not the bottleneck, I don't see the point in putting it in, considering that it can run one drive at full blast, at best. Something like PCIe would be more suitable.
You beat me to it. Damn.
If your gaming rig is about to take off, it's because you have crappy fans/heatsinks, and have not bothered setting up the proper BIOS configuration for such a machine. And although having a monopoly over something, abusing it to leverage into another market is wrong. And Apple technically have a monopoly over Apple-branded computers, therefore, as the producer of Mac OS X, they should not limit it to Apple-branded computers, otherwise they are breaking anti-trust laws (conventions?). So I will run Mac OS X on any machine I damn well please, or else they will be at the wrong end of a class action lawsuit. I don't have much other resources than time, but the rest I can pool together.
BTW, go Psystar!
I believe ethics is a codification of conscience, removing the "just a gut feeling" factor. Sorry, dude, the rest is way over my head, but thanks for the conversation.
Well, maybe we're not the egoistic asses we show ourselves to be most of the time. No idea. Maybe they just don't like killing people?
Yes, but the listed preventative options are of limited scope, and clash with people's lifestyles, turning your suggestion from "I took this pill, now I am better, and the doctor says I don't have to worry, this is great medicine" to "WTH, I'm supposed to do ALL this, and for this marginal risk reduction? Might as well not bother."
No, it's about minimizing the average amount of harm on everyone, including yourself.