On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 2:42 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote:
> You're right, yes I'm referring to the parts about running only on Apple > hardware. > Pete > What you are saying then is Apple can't even say there is minimum system requirement for their OS. There are many people who are very unhappy with Apple because they have a relatively modern Apple hardware yet Mount Lion doesn't run on it. This isn't something new to the Apple community. Hardware restrictions for OSs have been around for ages, in the case of Apple they just happen to add that it also has to be Apple branded - I think much like Microsoft specify Windows certified. Whilst I acknowledge that Apple's choice of words in it's EULA is purely business orientated, the fact remains that millions of people follow it to the letter, and your choice to follow it or not is about honesty. I'm just wondering, if you don't think in the EU Apple can license it's software, but you actually own because it quacks like a duck, are you then suggesting that Runrev's new monthly licensing option really is a cheap way to go because once you've bought it, you own it and therefore Runrev must allow you to use it just like their perpetual licence??? Hmm just wondering? Musicians sell their music. I can listen to it for free on the radio. I can download it for free off the Internet. The extension that if I download it off the Internet for free and listen to it just like I was listen to the radio might seem to be logical and valid, but it doesn't change the fact that to me (but not to millions of others) it is dishonest. I think Lynn's example is an excellent one. I think it was Bob that suggested the EULA is simply a way Apple can wash it hands of jailbreakers and all those who want to run OS X on other hardware. I don't think they are really going to go chasing after any individuals. You can't stop people from doing anything. Another industry that has interesting terms of purchase are hand/power tools - in US anyway. I can't use pliers as a hammer, I can't use a screwdriver as a chisel, I can't use a power saw without safety goggles. Yes I can. No one from Craftsman is going to check up on me, but guaranteed, when I injure myself trying to use a screwdriver as a crowbar, my chances of recourse against Craftsman is pretty slim. Let me put this out there, if Apple were to remove that requirement, then wouldn't that mean that Apple would have to then treat every customer the same? All the hackintosh crowd would be entitled to time with Apple support. Oh no you say, you wouldn't expect that, maybe not you but everyone else would. Or maybe they could write into their EULA that only Apple hardware owners were entitled to Apple support. Then there would be an outcry, wait a minute I paid exactly the same as the Apple fan boy for ML so why shouldn't I be treated the same? Please come up with an EULA that is supposedly fair for both Apple hardware owners and non-Apple hardware owners and doesn't turn into a can of worms for Apple. From my view of the Apple Forums, Apple is a long way off Steve's dream of seamless integration of hardware and software. There are far too many people out there with Apple hardware with OS issues. Screw the hackintosh crowd. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
