it's called marketing, and it often stinks, and often only because people are control freaks or honestly are foolish enough to think it will increase sales of new machines when obviously it will hurt them. no doubt someone will have it hacked before long any way, marketing secrets are even more fleeting than military secrets. like i said, it's a control thing, just like nintendo was upset when someone sold their systems for 5� less than they were told to. just like some grocery store coupons say on them "do not double", the vendor is trying to control the pricing structure. there are business theories that support this, but i think it's really, really silly and counterproductive, but then again i'm a control freak when it comes to my stuff, but i really don't care how other people do things, even if it's with something i sold or gave to them. some people seem to be genetically programed to dislike "freedom" at some level. it's both odd and disturbing.
"Larson, Timothy E." wrote: -------------- > So in other words, Apple pulled a dirty "hardware detection" trick in 10.2 that >wasn't there previously. > > I don't understand that at all. If people want to try to run OS X on other >(unsupported) hardware, it's no skin off Apple. So why do it? > > Isn't the kernel part of Darwin, and therefore OSS? ----------------- -- "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.) -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
