On 05/05/2010 20:04, Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Its not quite right, it does not let you install OSX just on Virtual Box
running on a Mac. It lets you install, with all kinds of caveats, OSX on VB
running on anything. I haven't tried, having no interest in running any
Apple OS, but that is what its supposed to do.
Well, we all know, by now, your taste in OS; chacun a son goût!
From my point of view; should my PPC Macs go 'bang' one day, and RunRev not
sort out the Linux version the idea of running Mac OS X in Virtual Box
simply to
run RunRev for Mac is extremely appealing.
When it comes to testing production software, like Rev, virtualization is a
snare and a delusion.
That is why I moved from testing Windows standalones on Virtual PC to a
headless Pentium 3 running XP.
But not when it comes to just running stuff as a
user. The implication of the present case is, that a particular reference
hardware configuration is becoming standardized, regardless of what physical
hardware the machine is running. Its going to be harder and harder to keep
OSX off non-Apple boxes for ordinary users.
If you look at a package like Thininstall from VMWare, there are also real
implications for developers who want to tie their app to one physical
machine.
Maybe I'm a bit thick, but what possible advantage could accrue from tying
an app to either one physical machine (well, if one wants to cheese-off
people
who have paid good money for your app but don't really want to lug their
PC +
monitor(s) in the car every time they pop up to the cottage in the
country, I suppose
it makes sense: think about it; 2 reasonable PCs now cost less than one
reasonable
laptop, and they generally last longer) ?
I own a copy of Runrev Studio 4 for Mac, Win and Linux: down here in
Plovdiv, I have RunRev
installed on my G4 Mac, a Pentium 3 running XP and an HP 2,5 GHz Pentium
4 running Ubuntu
"whatever-the-stupid-animal-name-is-at-the-moment". When I go up to the
country house
(Yes; you can all breath a sigh of relief; Richmond is buggering off for
4 days - no daft postings)
as I have a keyboard, mouse and monitor up there I just pop my G4
macMini (OS X 10.4.11) in
the car; with RunRev 4 on it - now, before the licensing chaps at RunRev
get all hot and sweaty
I should point out that I don't see any moral or legal problem with
that, because when I am using
licensed RunRev on my kiddy-box in Hrabrino (that's the name of the
village where our
villa is) I am NOT using any of my machines down in Plovdiv.
Now, were Runrev tied to a particular machine that would not be
possible, and I would have to take
to drugs or something because I couldn't get my Runrev fix on holiday .
. . :)
Thank You Runtime Revolution; Love and Squeezes from Richmond.
You cannot any longer prevent an app from being made portable if
its installable at all.
Oh dear, oh dear; if your app is worth anything at all it WILL be
pirated in one
way or another; but I am sure sales will bring in sufficient cash that,
unless you
are a "real so-and-so" you won't lose undue sleep over the fact.
Hey; the latest joke is that I have seen my FREE Devawriter on pirate
sites: what a laugh,
people thinking they are being very clever; pirating a free program:
good on them . . . :)
Frankly, I take the whole thing as a compliment.
I sure hope that happens to my "Pro" version; it probably is worth more
than all
those silly awards I have on my website:
http://andregarzia.on-rev.com/richmond/dwriter.html
I mean, let's face it, as long as your piece of 'poo' isn't a trojan you
start getting these "award"
about 10 minutes BEFORE you release the blasted thing.
Why do I put the things on my website; err . . . because I'm as vain as
the next person, and just possibly
it will up the level of downloads.
And in the case of a VM, you move it around, it travels with the same unique
hardware identifiers, so even if you tie down your app to a hardware
signature, you cannot actually stop proliferation of copies.
Oh, Blah!
When you think about it like this, the App Store and the tool restriction
ceases to be such a crazy idea. No nicer, but a lot less crazy.
Yes; rather like 70 year copyright after you are dead and so forth. I
don't mind
a modicum of protection (even thought the pirates will go on their merry way
regardless) while I am alive; after all, I did the work. But after I am
dead is ludicrous:
my children will inherit enough from me as it is, without them being
able to sponge
of my efforts even unto the 7th generation; they can earn their own
money, and make
their own creative decisions.
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