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Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple

Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple

Postby JabbaPapa » Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:36 pm

I'm LMAO at the irony in THIS story :lol:

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Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple

By Ed Oswald, BetaNews
August 26, 2008, 3:47 PM

Attorneys for the makers of Mac OS X-compatible computers told reporters Tuesday they plan to argue that Apple's EULA violates provisions of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust laws.

Lead Psystar counsel Colby Springer of Carr & Ferrell said at a press conference this afternoon that his firm plans to raise questions of improperly tying Mac OS X to Apple-labeled hardware under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and claims of attempted monopoly and exclusive dealings under the Clayton Antitrust Act.


"We are alleging that [Apple's restrictions on Mac OS X are] anti-competitive and an unlawful restraint of trade," Springer told reporters in a press conference today.

:moreat: BetaNews

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This is just soooo close to being a carbon-copy of the (successful) argument used by manufacturers of Clone PCs against IBM/Intel/Microsoft way back when ...

If Justice is fair, then Apple cannot win this case -- and the markets will then be flooded with cheap taiwanese PC/Macs, that you can choose whichever OS you want to install on. And then suddenly, Mac OS could be flooded with exactly the same random hardware configuration nightmares that plagued Windows for about a decade... :whistle

I don't know if History has a sense of irony -- but the Law certainly does !!!
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