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1. Comment - Apple rivals wield anti-compete lawsuits to fight executive flight

   (Nov 1, 2008 - 1:48 AM)

   Apple does allow running Windows on Macs, and advertises this fact aggressively. (Apple and Microsoft are not competitors, despite Microsoft accepting them as competitors. Apple makes hardware, Microsoft software, including software for running under Mac OS X.)

2. Comment - Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple

   (Aug 26, 2008 - 5:56 PM)

   I don't think that Psystar has a chance of winning this (disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer).
   
   The only thing probably violating the anti-trust laws mentioned is Apple's licensing of Mac OS X for use on Apple hardware only. The way I see it, this would be illegal bundling if there were hardware out there that you could install Mac OS X on -- from the DVD that you buy from Apple.
   
   This is something you cannot do. All the techniques out there require either a patching of said DVD (illegitimately) or the usage of an already running Mac OS X, i.e. you already need one Mac to make it run on a non-Mac. The latter requires a patching of the firmware, which should be protected by Apple's rights. (More specifically, the problem is Rosetta, Apple's firmware that makes it possible to run PowerPC code. It seems Psystar was impatient -- rumor has it Apple will discontinue PowerPC support in the next Mac OS X version.)

3. Comment - Psystar plans to use antitrust defense against Apple

   (Aug 26, 2008 - 5:17 PM)

   "Any techniques applied to make Mac OS run on Psystar, he said, can be found in already available, open source software."
   
   "Open source" does not mean "open to do anything you want with it." Even if Psystar has not violated Apple's rights, they most likely have violated the rights of open source developers, who typically only license free use for private, non-commercial purposes.