Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-05 Thread Sam Macomber
On Dec 4, 2008, at 11:54 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM, James E. Therrault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> lampbay wrote: >>> Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not >>> the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but beca

TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-05 Thread lampbay
As long as Apple remains a company committed to forcing users to buy their computer hardware to run their computer software, they will always be a second rate company committed solely to the profit motive and greed. But, as the future of computing is multi-platform - any desktop or lapto

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-05 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:58 PM, James E. Therrault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > lampbay wrote: >> Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not >> the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer >> Apple and Mac software. Plus, I don't want to have any p

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:54 PM, lampbay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not > the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer > Apple and Mac software. Plus, I don't want to have any pesky bugs to > deal with - that

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread Charles Lenington
lampbay wrote: > Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not > the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer > Apple and Mac software. Plus, I don't want to have any pesky bugs to > deal with - that's the main reason I switched to Apple - afterwa

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:20 PM, lampbay wrote: > >> After all, Microsoft didn't >> crush Apple like it is rumored to have Commodore, Amiga and others. > > It's easy to crush competitors who shoot themselves in the foot wi

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread James E. Therrault
lampbay wrote: > Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not > the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer > Apple and Mac software. Plus, I don't want to have any pesky bugs to > deal with - that's the main reason I switched to Apple - afterwa

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread Mark
Bruce Johnson wrote: > The closest Microsoft ever came to 'crushing' anyone was their > Internet coup against Netscape, and lordy, we're STILL paying for that > decision with every spam we get. > > Well, AOL helped that one, too. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You re

Re: TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Dec 4, 2008, at 12:20 PM, lampbay wrote: > After all, Microsoft didn't > crush Apple like it is rumored to have Commodore, Amiga and others. It's easy to crush competitors who shoot themselves in the foot with machine guns first. Commodore squandered the lead they had by thinking it was

TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread lampbay
Only those close insiders know how Steve and Bill actually get along - perhaps now as friendly competitors. After all, Microsoft didn't crush Apple like it is rumored to have Commodore, Amiga and others. Or perhaps those companies crumbled from the sheer lack of user support. Perhaps, A

TOPIC: Apple & Psystar Come To A Settlement!

2008-12-04 Thread lampbay
Running any form of Windows or Microsoft software on my Mac is not the issue - not because I dislike MS software, but because I prefer Apple and Mac software. Plus, I don't want to have any pesky bugs to deal with - that's the main reason I switched to Apple - afterwards I discovered what