Apple doesn’t want folks running it’s OS and most of its software applications on non-Apple hardware.  iTunes being the only exception I know of, and that probably only because they wanted to take the online music marketplace away from Bill.  Off the top of my head I know of no other Apple software products that run on any other platform, but MacOS…and MacOS doesn’t run on any other hardware but Apple’s.

They’re very strict about that.  Very strict.  Very.  Very.

Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows

In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn’t just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He’s made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.

As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than "a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.

There’s an adorable little screen capture of the license agreement on The Register’s site.  They say one of the hallmarks of cult behavior is an all consuming paranoia of the outside world…