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Psystar lawyer claims company not shutting down permanently
Contrary to previous reports that Mac clone maker Psystar would be closing its doors following its Thursday loss in court, lawyers for the company said the company will not be shutting down for good.In a reversal of of a report Thursday by the Dow Jones Newswire that Psystar was to cease doing business, a lawyer for the company stated that it has no plans to permanently close its doors.
Computerworld reports that Psystar's lawyer K.A.D. Camara, of the Houston, Texas law firm Camara & Sibley LLP, stated that the stories of the company's imminent closure were based on another lawyer's misquoted responses to questions about the company's future. Attorney Eugene Action was quoted Thursday in the Dow Jones Newswire story saying Psystar "will not be in business," and the company would be "shutting things down immediately."
It was reported Thursday that Psystar would be shutting down in the wake of a devastating loss in court that resulted in a permanent injunction against the company, banning it from selling hardware running hacked versions of Apple's OS X operating system.
This ruling did not specifically ban the sale of Psystar's Rebel EFI software, an application that allows Intel-powered PCs to run Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and as of Saturday night the company's website lists the software a being out of stock.
Earlier this month, Psystar and Apple reached a partial settlement in which the company agreed to pay $2.7 million in damages. Apple originally filed suit against Psystar in July of 2008 due to the Florida company's selling of unauthorized machines with the operating system installed.
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Just like an old, wet, stinky, nasty dog, they keep coming back and they won't go away. Go ahead Psystar, sell Rebel EFI all you want. Get sued into oblivion. After selling only 800 units, can't you take a hint? Nobody wants you.
Don't worry, they will die. There is no way they produce enough income to stay afloat, that is unless he works out of mommy's basement.
I wonder if "K.A.D. Camara, of the Houston, Texas law firm Camara & Sibley LLP" goes by the nickname of CAD/CAM. If not, he should. That law firm should be really proud of itself for its handling of this case. All publicity is good publicity?
Someone please post how to get around the activation codes for this. Sure, it probably says somewhere on the ELUA that you have to purchase this from Psystar, but could they really care much about that?
(And kidding about getting around it, chameleon works great, but I prefer to run OS X on my macbook pro.
If they keep going without visible means of support (==sales) then follow the money.
It's not hard.
Follow the money.
Don't worry, they will die. There is no way they produce enough income to stay afloat, that is unless he works out of mommy's basement.
If those in the know know where to go and get it free. These same also see the upside potential of an 6 low powered cloned overcocked till Tuesday know this machine will give almost twice the oerfomsnce of a real mac, you're right.
However. Of this was not free and was hard to do, then I would beg to differ.
I have posts somewhere on here saying someday they will/ would be hacked. Same chip. Besides. Those that flip for the real deal is probably larger then the AI story on iPod to iPhone switchers. Anither thing I see avlot of thoses doing are getting thesectiny netbooks and flipping to osx.
Peace.
I wonder if "K.A.D. Camara, of the Houston, Texas law firm Camara & Sibley LLP" goes by the nickname of CAD/CAM. If not, he should. That law firm should be really proud of itself for its handling of this case. All publicity is good publicity?
K.A.D. Camara is a young, super-bright and super egotistical lawyer who hates losing....look at his bio, really impressive. I'm wondering if the owner of Psystar really wants to continue with the fight....I think from here on out, its all K.A.D. Camara's ego at work. I hope Apple eats his lunch in Florida and permanently shuts-down Psystar. It would be a nice stain on K.A.D. Camara's resume. His ego needs to be put in check.
It sounds like Darl McBride has found a new company to run. I knew he wouldn't stay retired for long.
These guys are like cockroaches they just don't go away ...
..oh yeah and like cockroaches they also spew crap from their mouths too 
Of course they aren't stupid enough to shut down. They have a company with world-wide press and recognition. "Even bad publicity is good publicity". That isn't easy to reproduce.
And as far as their situation in the first place, I honestly wish the ruling had gone the other way. The one thing we as consumers need, is for Apple to get some direct competition. As of now, they have none. Psystar had blu-ray drives in their systems well over a year ago. If they were able to legally continue, Apple would have no choice but to increase their pace or risk losing some revenue.
Without competition we end up with slow, less-than-modest updates, at higher-than-average prices. Sounds a little like the situation we've been in for some time, doesn't it?
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In a reversal of of a report Thursday by the Dow Jones Newswire that Psystar was to cease doing business, a lawyer for the company stated that it has no plans to permanently close its doors.
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Just like an old, wet, stinky, nasty dog, they keep coming back and they won't go away. Go ahead Psystar, sell Rebel EFI all you want. Get sued into oblivion. After selling only 800 units, can't you take a hint? Nobody wants you.