Computing

Psystar Lawyers Hinting at Antitrust Defence Against Apple

If you thought Mac cloners Psystar were going to go on the Apple chopping block without a whole lot of fuss…think again. The case is about to get a lot more interesting now that their defence team seems prepared to play the antitrust card in court. As Colby Springer, one of the lawyers on Psystar’s team noted:


April 15, 2008
Computing

Mac Clone Maker Psystar Says Apple’s EULA Violates Monopoly Laws, Wants to Challenge it in Court

Psystar, who’s just announced that they’re going to sell a US$399.99 Mac clone called Open Mac, doesn’t care that Apple’s EULA prohibits using OS X on any machine not made by Apple. In fact, they say that Apple’s terms “violate U.S. monopoly laws“, posing the example of Microsoft theoretically saying you could only install Windows on Dell machines.