On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Uli Kusterer <witness.of.teacht...@gmx.net> wrote:
> On 21 Feb 2014, at 23:30, SevenBits <sevenbitst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well, yes, but Apple has the source code to OS X. There’s an important >> difference in that users cannot simply just delete important OS components. >> In some other operating systems (e.g Linux) everything works with packages >> and you can simply uninstall packages that are not required, like web >> browsers and networking capability. > > Last I checked, ProSoft sold an OS X boot disk containing a minimal OS X and > Data Rescue+ on it. So at least some third parties are permitted to do > something like that. It’s still all at Apple’s discretion, but it’s worth > getting in touch with Apple and trying to get that, if it solves your problem. I’ve heard of that as well. They probably signed some sort of deal with Apple, like some companies have done with Microsoft to redistribute Windows’ files with third-party restoration DVDs. > > Cheers, > -- Uli Kusterer > “The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere...” > http://zathras.de >
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