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Open Tech Mac Clone Company Wants To Sell Itself For US$50,000
Posted by Jason Chen at 4:00 AM on August 26, 2008
It's only been three weeks since the Mac "clone" company Open Tech made its debut, but it's already putting itself up for sale for US$50,000. In an email on July 20, their Vice President Elijah Samaroo said that they were going to "beat Psystar and not make the mistake they did." By this we took it to mean not distribute a hacked copy of Leopard, which is already available on the internet and is what people have been installing OS X on non-Apple machines for quite a while. That's not what they were doing, unfortunately.
When we asked them whether they could install a plain retail copy of Leopard you purchase at the store onto their hardware without modification, they said "no." The only legit way of actually being "open" is to modify hardware to fool Leopard into thinking that you're putting it on a Mac. In this sense, Open Tech is the exact same as Psystar, and both will most likely be smacked down by Apple. $500 is too much to pay for this company. [Wired]
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Gadgetdon
Posted 4:29 AM 26/8/08
The difference between them and Psystar is...they will sell computers that they can promise will run the hacked Leopard, and provide the software that people can use to hack their own purchased copies of Leopard. So it's a bit less convenient that Psystar, but it remains legal, because they aren't distributing any of Apple's software. So assuming they don't make any mistakes like using Apple's logo on their site or in their advertising, or otherwise slide into trademark infringement or false advertising, they're clear
Gadgetdon
zimstyles
Posted 4:26 AM 26/8/08
@Noobs-R-Us: Hey now! leave Zim alone :-)
but if it is in Zimbabwe dollars, I wonder if I can get change from my billion dollar notes.
zimstyles
henhen
Posted 4:21 AM 26/8/08
man, this article was hard to read...maybe its because i was falling asleep but
"is the people" and "plan retail"
....threw me off...
henhen
LiquidGravity
Posted 4:17 AM 26/8/08
@Noobs-R-Us:
Yeah all you have to do is cash these official checks and send the money to help a real African prince.
LiquidGravity
Noobs-R-Us
Posted 4:07 AM 26/8/08
That's in Zimbabwe $ right?
Noobs-R-Us
CEOself
Posted 4:03 AM 26/8/08
So I pay $50,000 to join a lawsuit against me?
CEOself
x3r0
Posted 4:50 AM 26/8/08
@bosskev: Haha, oh wow.
x3r0
bosskev
Posted 4:47 AM 26/8/08
$50,000 to take over their company? This doesn't really seem like such a bad deal. Even after the expenses of a potential lawsuit, you could still come out slightly ahead financially. Just be sure that the moment Open Tech pays you that $50,000 to take this turkey off their hands that you
oh, wait
They want someone else to pay them $50,000?
Never mind.
OT: -38
bosskev
2-7offsuit
Posted 4:47 AM 26/8/08
This must be legit. You can pay with Paypal.
2-7offsuit
tamoko
Posted 5:22 AM 26/8/08
Sometimes a whore comes cheap...
tamoko
bosskev
Posted 5:48 AM 26/8/08
@tamoko: Umm...you got a phone number there? I mean, not for me, of course--heheh!--nosirree. For a friend. Yeah, that's it, a friend.
bosskev
iscangel
Posted 6:07 AM 26/8/08
I hear at the distance, a bid from Bill G??
iscangel
wetworker
Posted 7:13 AM 26/8/08
@Noobs-R-Us:
it is but you can cash it in later towards one of those white farms in south africa.
wetworker
FritzLaurel
Posted 8:04 AM 26/8/08
$499, $499, $499, do I hear $499....
FritzLaurel
drwedge
Posted 9:10 AM 26/8/08
@CEOself: That was my first thought too...
I just don't have the balls to up against Apple, I guess.
drwedge
JChristopher
Posted 8:51 AM 26/8/08
Cannot one do what they are doing for less than $50K? Seems like one could order parts, assemble in the garage, and proclaim "Get your Fuji/Cameo/Gala/etc., clone here!!".
JChristopher