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>
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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.

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