We know Psystar is counter suing Apple (Information Week). Anyone can sue anyone for anything it does not mean much, but lets imagine for a moment that there is money involved...
Ahhh the sound of otherwise boring topics become interesting when there are billion dollar companies involved.
Psystar opened with a lot of interest and press See here (Engadget)
But not much in the way of credibility or obvious financial backing See Here (Gizmodo)
So Now they are countersuing Apple a company with more than $20 billion in the bank. So are they crazy or what?
There are very few truly crazy people in the world (and even fewer really crazy people with enough money to sue Apple) so there is a rational explanation to all of this we just don't know what it is yet. We can however guess. Woo Hoo!
First Who is NOT Paying the bill.
Logic says... Psystar is not footing the bill. If Psystar is paying their attorney by the hour then they are betting on a 3 month old business built on OPIP (other peoples Intellectual Property) But Here is the biggest reason Psystar is not betting Moms life savings on the Lawsuit.
Should Psystar gets the outcome they have stated they want Then for the privilege of winning they get put out of business by the Hoard of other PC Manufacturers waiting to fill the void. Do you think for a moment these guys are delusional enough to think that they can manufacture/distribute a computing device as cheaply or effectively as Dell, HP or Lenovo?.
So who is.
Hewdell Packovo, This would be crazy too but it does make sense from a "Follow the money" perspective. Generic PC manufacturer with huge market share and a willingness to throw a few bucks (For them) at a longshot bet that could change the face of the PC Business. Finds a way to fund the lawsuit. Look conspiracies are almost never true, but when all other options are ruled out what remains MUST be the truth.
Lawyers
If the lawyers are doing this on contingency than this is like green mail. Apple not really wanting to find out if there is a case here quivers in a meeting for about 30 seconds and pays out 10 million dollars and Psystar becomes a distant memory. This is a very possible outcome however boring and dirty it is. The risk here for Apple is the lawsuit is a repeatable occurrence so they may try and make the case big enough to make the Lawyers rethink their budget.
Is there someone else that could be paying the bill?
Interesting possibilities. and no idea what is really gonna happen. Just as an aside if a Windows PC Manufacturer is a WinTel machine what is the Apple analog....
Inpple? ApTel? InOSX? There must be more.
Note to Reader: Writer has NO affiliation with anyone associated with any of the parties of this case, has not met anyone in a garage in Washington getting details of anything. This is all supposition based on rumor an over active imagination combined with previous reporting by previous reporters.
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But why would Hewdell Packovo pick such a shady group (as pointed out in the linked Gizmodo article) to front them? If they wanted to test Apple, why not set up a new company for that purpose?
Thats the point. Hewdell Packovo cannot take the reputational risk of manufacturing against Apple's EULA. But they can share the benefits as say a disinterested third party...
Exactly. They don't want anything traced back to them. I don't see this working however. If it does, copyright law will be thrown in chaos. The RIAA and MPAA will be screwed and the DMCA will be null and void. Psystar thinks it can bully Apple by hiring a firm that has won against them, but that was with a patent.
This is way different.
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