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On May 07, 2008, at 07:18 AM, Dave Schroeder wrote:
On May 7, 2008, at 1:00 AM, webmaster wrote:
I was wondering if anyone has tested OS X 10.5 Server on the Mac
clone being offered publicly?
They sell it with OS X Client pre-installed for $549.00 and I was
wondering how it faired with Server software since they don't have
any information on their website about it running server software.
Since it is completely against Apple's license agreement, please
refrain from discussing this on an Apple list.
Also, the OS runs in a hacked and completely unsupported state on
unsupported hardware, and isn't able to have Apple software updates
applied (not because Apple "blocks" them, but because of the way
the OS has to be hacked to run on non-Apple hardware).
If that's really the way you want to run a server - or ANY - OS,
well, to each his own, I guess...
- Dave
Because apple's license agreement states a particular clause, it
doesn't make it valid or binding, especially when it violates DMCA
policies established to protect your rights of choice.
The bigger issue is the financial backing required to fight the suit,
more than the average person cares to waste to prove a point.
What makes you so certain the license has been violated???
How would a US based company be able to publicly advertise their Mac
clones and remain in business.
Unsupported hardware???
Hell, I learned the trick of buying a LinkSYS WMP300N and modifying
the firmware ever so slightly to obtain an under $40.00 wireless 11n
PCI solution for B&W G3, a G4 and some XServes so I could share three
printers and two hard drives on a backend network from an Airport
Extreme base.
I even wrote a driver for someone over a year ago to utilize better
video cards that apple doesn't support.
I've seen generic intel hardware that apple software believes is real
apple hardware and I've seen this generic hardware boot unmodified OS
installation media
Hell, even apple's own hardware has compatibility issues, visit the
apple forum and google the Broadcom Airport extreme card and you will
see that it causes panics during system load or network acquisition
making the computer unusable if the device is enabled or you attempt
to connect to an access point.
Since this has been an ongoing issue that apple has not addressed or
resolved this issue for more than 6 months I disassembled the
extension, fixed the coding issues and recompiled it so my MacBook no
longer experiences this issue and the wifi works as expected.
The issue is a simple fix, test before free'ing variables is a good
rule of thumb, double free's are not good in any OS, maybe by 10.5.3
they'll get their shit together and fix the coding mistakes.
I think you need to re-examine the x86 project, apple software update
on clones along with running vanilla software (non-hacked software)
has been around for quite some time now and as of recent EFI based
generic x86 hardware that increases the compatibility factor
significantly the gap has been pretty much closed.
The question was about experiences running Mac OS X Server software
on a Mac clone and your response while entertaining, does not offer
any insight into it, all you've done is provided a response which did
not address the original question and displays your lack of
knowledge, understanding and intelligence in the area of Mac clones.
