Brian GarnerIn 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.
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.