I'm not surprised because of the completely non-Christian attitudes he's presented, statements, and performance he's made in this thread. I am not shocked at all. Just saddened.
For a Christian perspective on such software piracy, I point interested people to the following discussions:
What the Bible has to say about software piracy, part 1—virtual preacher.org
What the Bible has to say about software piracy, part 2—virtual preacher.org
I am not perfect. I've downloaded and used pirated software in the past. But if I decided to use it, I bought it. There even may be some unlicensed software still on my computer, but I don't use it, and when I run across it, it's gets deleted.
Surprisingly, I've found some of the worst offenders in pirating software were school districts, non-profits, and churches. It seemed they have a sense of entitlement. Sad.
In any case, Apple will not go after individuals who want to make a Frankentosh. . . unless they attempt to produce them for economic gain ala Psystar. . . but they would be entirely within their legal rights to do so.
That unmentionable person wants to ignore the protections the Constitution provides to the creators of Intellectual property so that he can have what he wants cheaper, avoiding paying the owners of the rights their just due for their hard work. What a petty, selfish reason.
This petty lawlessness is more of the breakdown in the rule of law that we conservatives MUST stand united against. How can we criticize the President for ignoring Constitutional laws he doesn't like, if we ignore laws we don't like? We must not just observe the parts of the Constitution we like and ignore those we don't.
Not speaking out against it is tacit approval and it's allowing one more brick to crumble in the fabric of our Constitutional wall against the rule-of-men-barbarians and the difference between liberty and lawlessness. It is of such small things that our Republic will be eventually lost.
Sadly, the Republic is already lost. And the poster to whom you refer hasn’t a clue regarding Christian behavior. It is these same ‘christian’ people who will howl that you are not treating them like you as a Christian should when you expose their deceits. FR is becoming rife with such poseurs. It is part and parce3l of the missing taboo structure to America that once raised US to a great people. ‘Equality’ demands that everything be degenerated rather than hold excellence in high regard. Without a taboo structure —the thing the oligarchs purposely aborted, albeit a slow death with much writhing— a society falls into utilitarian ethic, so petty theft is not even seen as wrong since it is ‘utilitarian’ int he eyes of the sinner. Such behavior is not indicative of Christian Truth since we know God’s Spirit within is being squelched, terminally.
And you can guarantee that the one who wants to “build his own”, violate copyright after copyright, and software licenses, will be the first to bellyache and scream at Apple when their creation doesn’t work quite right - and will further preach that Apple’s OS and software is junk (built on the premise that it won’t run well on his own garbage hardware).
Mac OS/X Snow Leopard for $19.95
I checked their FAQS and unlike Microsoft's insidious process, you don't need the previous version to install it (or purchase it cheaper which is their trick; I love digging up an ancient CD to install the latest MS O/S. Only got bitten by the cheaper con once), at least that's what the FAQs say. I'm sure someone, I'm not sure who, will be along shortly to correct me.
Wow, if that's the real O/S price, I can get some serious hardware to run it with money left over.
I gotta disagree with you on this in part. If I buy a copy of OSX I really don't think it is any business of the publisher what I end up doing with it. They don't have to support it, but I really don't believe they have any more say in where it gets installed than what a lumber yard does over wood that I buy from them. I played with a VM of OSX a few years ago just to poke around with it a bit more than anything else. If i want to do OSX proper, I can use my wife's Macbook, but I can see uses for a VM of OSX the same way I can see the use of (non-networked) Windows machines.
I think the whole 'license' vs 'purchase' stuff as it regards software t be a steaming pile created by control freaks who don't really understand the difference between me using a personally purchased product as I will and someone cranking out copies for anyone who wants one. Since, we seem to have the best government that money can buy, they may have the law on their side, but I care about that about as much as I care about laws limiting the capacity of magazines on my handguns.
BTW, loved your previous post. Dead on target. One of my biggest peeves are windows users who make ignorant statements about other types of systems that they have never used or probably even seen.