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Psystar Crushed In Court 640

We've been following the case of Mac cloner Psystar for some time now. Apple was just handed a summary judgement over Psystar, and as usual Groklaw has the scoop. Here is the order (PDF), though PJ supplies it in text form at the link above. "Psystar just got what's coming to them in the California case. ... It's a total massacre. Psystar's first-sale defense went down in flames. Apple's motion for summary judgment on copyright infringement and DMCA violation is granted. Apple prevailed also on its motion to seal. Psystar's motion for summary judgment on trademark infringement and trade dress is denied. So is its illusory motion for copyright misuse. ... So that means damages ahead for Psystar on the copyright issues just decided on summary judgment, at a minimum. The court asked for briefs on that subject. In short, Psystar is toast." Reader UnknowingFool adds, "There are still issues to be decided but they are only Apple's allegations: breach of contract, induced breach of contract, trademark infringement, trademark dilution; trade dress infringement, state unfair competition, and common law unfair competition. Even if Psystar wins all of them, it is unlikely to help them very much."

Comment Re:99% of the answers are going to be Eclipse (Score 1) 1055

All the same, I do prefer emacs. Autocomplete is kind of nice, but it's a hack that isn't necessary if your code is written well.

Talk about rationalizing after the fact! If Emacs had autocomplete, you'd be touting it as a must-have. A hack? How so? Encourages people to write code that relies on it? Are you kidding?

Autocomplete is a great tool that helps you write code faster, especially on large projects where you may be unfamiliar with APIs (for example) written by other developers.

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