$399 Mac Clone Most Likely a Hoax 233
timholman writes "According to Gizmodo, an investigation has shown that the $399 OpenMac is almost certainly vaporware, as is Psystar itself. The company's address has actually changed twice this week, according to its web page, and Psystar is no longer accepting credit card transactions. Too bad for those who may have already ordered an OpenMac."
You just won the Spanish Lottery! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Hoax? (Score:5, Informative)
It is both a scam and a hoax.
Re:Not really.... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Vaporware? Hoax? (Score:4, Informative)
It is not a Mac, its a Hackintosh (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Will it exist in 30 days (Score:3, Informative)
Re:think people (Score:4, Informative)
Ok, wrong. Apple reserves all rights under copyright, that are not expressly granted by the software license.
The license is very specific, and in its very first specific clause:
A. This License allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.
You either agree to this license, or you have no right to install the software. Ok, you can put an "Apple" label on your computer. Then you're in worse trouble with a trademark infringement
This is not some nebulous "shrink wrap license are not enforceable" concern. If *any* license that is granted as a result of copyright is valid (hint, GPL, creative commons, SCSL), then this one is.
Re:think people (Score:5, Informative)
Bullshit. You bought it - you have the right to install it. I have old books that say you're not allowed to resell them, but that's BS too.
Not if you put them on your own computer, you're not. Trademark only kicks in when you're trying to pass something off as something else. There's an Apple sticker on my wife's minivan, but we're clearly not infringing anything.
Does Steve Jobs tuck you in at night or something? No. You're flat-out wrong. That is exactly one of those dumb EULA concerns, especially when you're trying to mingle it with copyright. As you bought the software, you have the legal right to use it so long as you're not installing it on a bunch of machines or distributing copies. It's kind of sad and scary that presumably rational people will try to argue otherwise.
Re:Will it exist in 30 days (Score:5, Informative)
I do remember the Altair add-on scam... that was pretty funny.
Re:think people (Score:3, Informative)
Re:It is not a Mac, its a Hackintosh (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Will it exist in 30 days (Score:5, Informative)
You can read about it here:
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/wps/ [brouhaha.com]
Re:Vaporware? Hoax? (Score:5, Informative)
1: It's not true
2: A reasonable person wouldn't conclude that it is true.
3: A different reasonable person might believe that you're telling the truth.
4: Said person's disbelieve causes harm to the libelee.
Slander and Libel are pretty tough things, but like Assault, they require a common sense test. (Accidentally bumping into someone on a crowded street is not Assault, even if they scream their head off.)
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It's in the wording too. (Score:4, Informative)
Conjecture is a different matter: eg. saying "If it is vaporware and they are accepting money then they are commiting faud". Those "if"s make a big difference.
Re:Will it exist in 30 days (Score:2, Informative)
P-P-P-Powerbook! (Score:3, Informative)
Re:More like an inept business owner than a hoax (Score:3, Informative)
I know arguing about EULAs is a favourite pastime on
Not selling anymore? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Will it exist in 30 days (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Vaporware? Hoax? (Score:3, Informative)