On Oct 22, 2008, at 1:30 AM, Simon Royal wrote:
> > Hi > > I thought this was a bit odd. Apple and Psystar come to a settlement. > > It seems Apple aren't going to bury the clone makers like everyone > thought, > more of a slap on the wrist and stop building your clones. > > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/19/1511231&from=rss As a rule, if a legal thread comes up on Slashdot, run away. You will lose 30 IQ points reading the id10t's posting like they actually know their arses from holes in the ground. The case is NOT settled, this is simply a report that the two parties have moved to non-court dispute settlement: ie: hashing it out in the lawyers offices. <http://www.macobserver.com/article/2008/10/16.9.shtml> READ the filing. There is NO mention WHATSOEVER about the terms of the settlement. Nothing in there says squat about 'slap on the wrist'. It could well be the judge telling them "Get this stupid case out of my courtroom NOW!" It would be interesting to know what's really going on, because Psystar's anti-trust claims against Apple are laughable on their face. BY DEFINTION an illegal trust MUST involve MORE THAN ONE COMPANY. Apple, despite the fevered dreams of the 'iwaanacheepmac!!!!11!!' crowd, a computer company with <10% of the market share, could not POSSIBLY form an 'illegal monopoly', any more than Ford has an 'illegal monopoly' on Mustangs. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
