@Rad Same applies for windows and linux...through OEM distribution. <div><br></div><div>The main reason they don&#39;t release OSX on other platforms is that their MAC hardware sales will plummet due to stiff competition.<font><font><div>

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/11/11 Rad! <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:conradakunga@gmail.com">conradakunga@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Why restrict it?<div><br></div><div>Not rocket science - if you control the hardware then you can optimize your code for the same. You don&#39;t need to worry about other manufacturers.</div><div><br></div><div>This is why Macs just work. BIOS, drivers, etc are written and optimized for one set of known hardware. There will never be surprises.</div>


<div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:01 PM, aki <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:aki275@gmail.com" target="_blank">aki275@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div>

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@Alan,<div><br></div><div>The issues are not about legalities. I can install FreeBSD and M$ on any machine I choose, why restrict me on MAC?  Even at Enterprise level, I still have a choice on hardware when it comes to M$. Why make a super proprietary OS system and super restrict it to specific hardware? </div>



<div><br></div><div>I&#39;m still waiting to read comments from fellow Open and Free Software groups that can deny they own at least one device of the most restrictive devices and system.  :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds.</div>


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<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Alan Orth <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:alan.orth@gmail.com" target="_blank">alan.orth@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>


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Hey,<br>
<br>
What Apple is doing with Mac OS X is completely legal.  They&#39;re using<br>
code from the *BSD projects (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, etc), which are<br>
all licensed under the BSD license.  The BSD license is not like the<br>
GPL; it allows you to use open-source code commercially without<br>
releasing your modifications to the source code.  That&#39;s why<br>
corporations like BSD-licensed code and fear the GPL. ;)<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 11:30 AM, aki &lt;<a href="mailto:aki275@gmail.com" target="_blank">aki275@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Thnks guys for the response. Unfortunately I don&#39;t have the time to discover<br>
&gt; yet another &quot;Open Source&quot; system while could be the same people who probably<br>
&gt; get funding from off-shoot of some unknown or undeclared enterprise. Some<br>
&gt; food for thought for the Open and Free software evangelists... your highly<br>
&gt; valued UNIX based kernel ( FREE ) is the biggest billion dollar industry<br>
&gt; today.<br>
&gt; I know understand why Wall-Street-Protests are gaining recognition.<br>
&gt; Cheers. :-)<br>
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