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Psystar no Hoax; Apple Sues Clone Maker

DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Tue, 07/15/2008 - 21:57

One of my very first blog entries here at DaniWeb was titled “Mac-Cloner Psystar: Hero or Hoax?” Well it was either no hoax at all or Apple was the latest to get sucked in.

It was revealed today that Apple on July 3 filed a law suit in San Jose, Calif., against Psystar Corp. for copyright and software licensing violations.

Psystar has for several months been advertising the availability of the Psystar Open Computer and OpenServ, Intel-based machines with the option of preinstalled Mac OS X software; prices started at around US$600.

Apple’s licensing agreement forbids inclusion of its...