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Re: When is a mac not a Mac?

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Subject: Re: When is a mac not a Mac?
From: Sam Rowlands <rowlands@mac.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:31:02 +0800
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Joe,

Can you share what kinds of errors are being seen?

I am getting NilObjectExceptions in the open event of a container control used on the main window. The only thing I can see is that I load an image into memory from a file. It has code in there to check if the file is not nil and exists before trying to load, then before it uses the image it checks to see if its valid... I am sure I missing something, so I thought I would ask on the list.

AuroraGeo,

I missed the original Error Message, but is there any Proof that these
errors are occurring on Non-Apple products?

In my error reports & feedback I capture certain hardware and software information. Below is information from one customer.

        Hardware: MacBook, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.1 GHz, 1 GB
        OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.4 (9E17)

Pretty self explanatory, Now below is information from one of these error reports.

        Hardware: Macintosh, Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU, 3.2 GHz, 1 GB
        OS Version: Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 by OSX86.Türk team (9B18)

I made my assumption based upon the above information, this is to the best of my knowledge. To me what gave it away was a generic "Macintosh" and it specified the processor as a P4 (which was only used by the Intel ADC machines, which had to be returned). The biggest indicator is the System version string, "Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.1 by OSX86.Türk team (9B18)" is not an Apple version string.

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I didn't realize that I sparked a big debate, I personally don't see how pystar can get away with it. I know how much the EU hates Microsoft, (the EU hates Apple too, banning Apple TV commercials as misleading), but I truly think that even the EU would stand behind Apple with this case. Apple is a hardware vendor and uses the software to sell its hardware. Microsoft was a software vendor that used it power to cripple the market. If Apple had gone under in the late 1990s MS would be a monopoly and would face the consequences, which is why MS invested in Apple. Apple is no-where on the brink or even close to a monopoly as you can still choose to not buy an Apple product. Not to mention that pystar is using hacks which reverse engined Apple's product to crack it. This is a crime in itself (In my opinion). Imagine if someone cracked Nokia's phone OS and ran it on generic hardware (its probably been done), Nokia would have the right to sue and they would win as Nokia sells cell phones, not phone OSes. Their software is designed to help sell hardware. Nokia has close to 60% of the world market, are they considered a monopoly?
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Mahalo & Aloha,

Sam Rowlands


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