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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Monty on March 09, 2005, 07:44:29 am

Title: Mac OSX Windows emulator
Post by: Monty on March 09, 2005, 07:44:29 am

Found this off theInquirer:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=21694

Try or buy from:
http://www.mxsinc.com/

it makes for an interesting scenario though -

a)buy a mac and hope that the windows emulator will let you play your pc games or
b)buy a pc and hope the mac emulator lets you run your mac applications.

Title: Re: Mac OSX Windows emulator
Post by: Death_Merchant on March 09, 2005, 11:56:31 am

Some argue that Cherry OS is actually a rip of Pear PC. As I recall, some of the source was so similar it even contained exactly the same argument names. I've also heard Cherry OS (or Pear PC) is not exactly "solid".

Enjoy a summary of the accusations here:
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,65368,00.html

Title: Re: Mac OSX Windows emulator
Post by: Monty on March 12, 2005, 03:54:21 am

Thanks DM, that was a good read.

Was there ever any conclusive follow up to that? It said in the article Kryeziu would show the source code(a few days after the article was published) to PearPC so that allegations of copying could be ironed out.

Title: Re: Mac OSX Windows emulator
Post by: Death_Merchant on March 12, 2005, 12:45:27 pm

Nope, no source shown to my knowledge. Suspicion remains strong...

CherryOS does not violate the GPL as long as the source is available. You can charge for binary distributions if you want, but the source must be freely if said source is derived from GPL'ed code.

I've heard in a race between CherryOS and molasses, molasses wins hands down...