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The new angle of attack by Psystar

by crispin . Original by Lionel - 17/02/2009 23:17:26 CET - Source: ARS Technica
Following the agreement of the judge allowing the modification of the contents of its complaint, Psystar has now deposited a new version. As envisaged, the company is now focused on the possible abuse made by Apple of the DMCA law in order to block its competitors.
The new lawsuit reports the following facts:
- Apple cancelled at the end of the Nineties the licence authorizing cloning of the Mac and did not propose since any new possibilities of cloning.
- According to Psystar, Apple thus seeks to choke any competition on the segment of manufacturing any Mac OS X compatible computers.
The company (Psystar) really seems to want to set fire to any wood to try to make a battle. However, the arguments, that Apple now has 20 days to refute, are rather trivial, especially the second one concerning the anti-competition practice. Apple is not in competition with other manufacturers of the Mac, but more largely with all the manufacturers of portables. As ARS has already underlined, Apple have invested heavily in Mac OS X so it can not be now given out freely. Psystar could (in theory) make its own OS using as a basis parts of the Open Source de Linux or of Unix which should also enable them to sell many computers.
In any event, this procedure will certainly last very a long time, as long as the law will allow. Apple cannot allow itself to lose, not like Psystar where there would remain nothing any more but debts.
If there is a company which must follow closely this business, it is PearC, the German clonor of Mac. Its spokesman said that they have nothing to fear from Apple and not had any contact with "Apple Legal".
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