Psystar countersues Apple for anticompetitive business practices

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I want Lexmark Ink on my HP Printer

That is what you are saying. Apple says you can run any
OS on their Apple Computer. (that is not anti competitive,
they even went so far as to write drivers to assist in this)

People wanted to use any ink on the Lexmark printer
because ink is a commodity item and Lexmark over
charges for it. HP, Epson and Canon does too. Since ink is
a consumable and it's formula is pretty standard across
the industry, it can be obtained in bulk much cheaper than
the printer manufactures sell it. The truth is, ink jets are
like printing on a subscription service. You get the printer
cheap, but pay high prices for the ink, which is locked to
the printer and the printer is locked to the ink.

Apple is not offering their PCs and OS in this way at all.
Software is not a commodity or consumable. In the
traditional sense. You don't run out of software, and you
are not forced to upgrade in order to continue the use of
your computer.

So just like using OS X on Pystar, you would in effect like
to use Lexmark Ink in your HP. But since they are not the
same thing, consumable vs. non-consumable, the Lexmark
case is a little out of sync.

What makes an Apple Computer, isn't so much the
hardware, but OS X. It is integral to the Apple Experience.
When people buy an Apple Computer, they are really
thinking Apple OS. That's where all the action is. So Apple
says that the action needs to take place on Apple
hardware. It's theirs to sell, trying to strong arm them into
selling it separately is wrong and predatory.

Posted by: dcmorrow   Posted on: 08/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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