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.\n<\/p>\n
They’re very strict about that. Very strict. Very. Very.\n<\/p>\n
\nApple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
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"<\/a>. He’s made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.<\/p>\n
As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT<\/a>, Apple’s Safari license<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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