Apple sues three for posting Mac OS X beta online

[Nomad559]

Apple sues three for posting Mac OS X beta online

Apple Computer Inc. has sued three men for illegally distributing test copies of the next version of its Mac OS X operating system on a file-sharing Web site, court records showed today.

The lawsuit is the second in as many weeks by the maker of the popular iPod digital music players and iconic Macintosh PC. The suit is intended to thwart the release of its software and details of its unannounced products.

Apple claims in its suit that two different versions of Mac OS X, code-named Tiger, were made available on the Web on or about Oct. 30 and Dec. 8. The company, which has said it will ship Tiger in the first half of 2005, previewed it for the Mac community at a trade show last June.

[benburch]

1. Good.

Not only did the original recipients of the beta sign an agreement, but USING this beta could be dangerous for both the user and the Internet as it is not debugged, and who knows what holes there are that exist for debugging?

[kedrys]

2. Don't f$*k with Steve.

Or his stuff.

As much as I'd love to get my hands on the thing right now, I'll be perfectly happy to wait until they've vetted it for public consumption, thank you very much.

I hope those guys get what they deserve.

[Placebo]

3. And rightly so.

Thieving little bastards.