Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Go into a store and buy OSX or Windows, you bought it. That, I believe, is what any EU court will rule if it ever comes to that, and that, I believe, is why it never will come to that.
An unnameable source once told me that an Apple VP leaned over the table after a long discussion involving accusations that they had stolen his ideas and told him, "We have more lawyers than engineers. Bring it on."
I don't know the exact ratio of lawyers to engineers, but I do know the lawyers they have seem quite worth their fee.
Perhaps in anticipation of the moment you describe, it's no longer possible to walk into a store and buy the OS.
Macs ship with OS X preinstalled, and upgrades are purchasable over the wire through iTunes.
It's no longer a product per se, but merely an extension of their support services.
Clever, that. "Bring it on." -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/FourthWorldSys _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
