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probably because apple is not microsoft. apple is "the little guy" and apple doesn't force hardware vendors to sign agreements penalizing them if they include another OS - since they are also the hardware vendor. >> I guess Apple doesn't care about the person who already has OS X and >> decides to buy new hardware. > > If the license is anything like a lot of commercial software, it won't > matter (i.e. is the license transferrable?) > >> Not much different from M$ in that >> respect. Why are Linux users who hate the M$ Tax willing to >> quietly pay >> the Apple Tax? > > Because most of us are happy with the Apple OS and don't care to blow it > away. Many of us *intend* to put Linux on there, or maybe even *do* > make it dual boot, but if you ask around I think you'll find most end up > running OS X 95%+ of the time anyway. > > Chris Hedemark > UNIX System Administrator > CC3 > "In the digital world, we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy > never wears out. It is timeless." - Jack Valenti, MPAA president > > =========================================================== > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains > information of CC3 that may be confidential, proprietary and/or legally > privileged, and is intended to be read and used solely by the > individuals or entities named as recipients on this message. Without > limiting the foregoing, all copyrightable graphics, content and > documents, and all trademarks, service marks and trade names, contained > in this e-mail message or any attachment are exclusively owned by CC3, > and no rights are granted in such content and materials except as > expressly stated in this notice. > =========================================================== > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General > Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug _________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug