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Why do they offer a family pack if snow leopard doesnt have a cd key?
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Because Apple trusts its users a bit more than Microsoft. You can certainly install on multiple computers but it is against the EULA agreement.
Most people are honest, and will buy the family pack if they are using it for more computers in the house. And why use a serial number, hackers will pirate it in 2 seconds anyway, then it creates a blackmarket, where websites are actively listing cracks and serials and promoting the cracked app.
From the Leopard EULA. I would assume things aren't going to change much, if at all, for the Snow Leopard EULA.
So no, your friends do not count unless you are all living together.
So no, your friends do not count unless you are all living together.
Yes, its possible. Its just not right. One of the things that I like about Apple is that they trust me. No Activation Schemes, etc. So, I bought the family pack for our homes several Macs. I like to encourage good behaviour.
because the idea is that if you give people the choice they will mostly be honest. Ppl rip off MS for the simple reason (amongst others) that they are so militant with their keys etc
I enjoy Apple products and as such I am happy to pay for them, much the same as my reasoning behind going demi on macrumors
I enjoy Apple products and as such I am happy to pay for them, much the same as my reasoning behind going demi on macrumors
Pretty sure you get only one disc in a family pack, since it's meant for one household. Personally, I wouldn't want to be sharing an OS disc with my friends, I'd want my own copy on hand.
In any case though, please stop looking for loopholes to save on Snow Leopard. If you really don't care about paying for the software, just torrent it. If you want Apple and their people to be compensated for their work, buy it according to the license agreement. It's that simple.
value, lol,
1. OSX is a fork of Unix/Linux ecosystem, none of them never have any CD keys, Im not even sure if apple knows how to add one if they want to.
2. OSX is a fork of Unix/Linux, apple doesn't spend as much resources as MS throw in windows anyway, most money is profit. A penny less is not concern.
I think $29 is a great price, for sure, family pack... why bother. Apple doesn't need to trust its users, its better to describe their attitude as "I don't care".
1. OSX is a fork of Unix/Linux ecosystem, none of them never have any CD keys, Im not even sure if apple knows how to add one if they want to.
2. OSX is a fork of Unix/Linux, apple doesn't spend as much resources as MS throw in windows anyway, most money is profit. A penny less is not concern.
I think $29 is a great price, for sure, family pack... why bother. Apple doesn't need to trust its users, its better to describe their attitude as "I don't care".
Tell that to the people who have had their iPhone apps pulled from the App Store for no good reason
Ugh, WRONG. The Darwin kernel is OSS. The rest of the system, the parts that make up a majority of what people would consider to be OS X, is not.
yeah right, without apple's addition, people can still use an OS, without kernal, users can use nothing. which is more important? obvious question, isn't it?
Look at OSX server. That uses the license key concept, so they do know how to use license keys.
iWork as far as I know does.
thats about it...
but the reason why i dug apple is that they were very nonrestrictive for my use with my product.
It wasnt even about distributing it to friends or other computers, it was just the fact of peace of mind on my own machine.
I only get so many attempts on a comp running windows before they freak out and htye have to know exactly why and what im doing with my bought & overpriced OS in the first place.
but at any rate, Family Pack is handy and inexpensive for the multi licensing
Debian are going to start offering 2 versions, one using the Linux kernel, another using a BSD kernel.
Yes the kernel is important, you can't use a computer with just the kernel though. You need the tools, like the GNU tools, a shell, like the BASH shell and you also need a filesystem.
Tell that to the people who have had their iPhone apps pulled from the App Store for no good reason
Beat me to it! While Apple's nonrestrictive with the consumer OS, they're less so with other apps or devices. The iPhone is locked down fairly tight (trivial to jailbreak, I know, but it's not something you do without tools), and the App Store approval process is completely opaque, arbitrary, and contradictory. I enjoy my iPhone, but I really wish Apple would stop with the nonsense (though in some cases, it's AT&T's nonsense).
Actually, OS X is a certified UNIX platform. He was wrong in saying that it's a Linux fork, though, since Linux isn't a fork of UNIX. I've never installed a commercial UNIX system (or Linux, for that matter), so I don't know if they don't have licensing keys.
First you try to twist a good thing into evidence of incompetence. Next, you prove yourself to be wrong. I call that a "Double clevin."
i read two of your posts consecutively, that are all about me, well has nothing to do with the topic.
First time finding somebody being so obsessed with me, quite strange.
I should avoid you as much as you can. But this type of toilet flaming should not be encouraged at a civil discussion form. There is nothing wrong picking the problem with the fact or reasoning of my argument, like someone did above. Well, if you are capable of, that is.