Path: utzoo!censor!geac!yunexus!xrtll!mark From: mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: AMax Message-ID: <360@xrtll.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 89 23:51:40 GMT References: <89091711024424@masnet.uucp> <354@xrtll.UUCP> <2309@vax1.tcd.ie> Organization: Wcom, Toronto, Ont Lines: 24 In article <2309@vax1.tcd.ie>, trolfs@vax1.tcd.ie (Tommy) writes: > Which brings me to the questoin, don't Apple mind that their COMPUTER > is being pirated? Actually, AMax is not pirating the MAC because it requires a set of Mac ROMS which are, incidentally, not included with the software package. As such, there is not real violation of any Apple copyrights or any such things. You could, I suppose argue that they have emulated their architecture, but because the mediums are so different (software vs. hardware and a different set of chips to boot!) I doubt they could make that stick. The best they could do is restrict the sale of their ROMs through their dealers. So far, however, I haven't seen Apple react at all. In the grander scheme, there probably aren't enough AMax out there to make it worth their while. It gives their developers a greater base of exposure and allows potential revenue from a market segment which has been previously unreachable to them (because they sported the wrong hardware). All in all, I can't see them losing much. -- Mark Vange Phone Death Threats to: PAS Systems - "Plain and Simple" (416) 730-1352 mark@xrtll 8 Everingham Ct. North York "Every absurdity has a champion Ont, Canada M2M 2J5 to defend it." - Oliver Goldsmith