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Re: Ghosts in the rom

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Post by joezydeco » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 3:41 PM UTC

josteink wrote: post #15

DanBC wrote: post #11

See also the "stolen from Apple" icon hidden in the rom for the first Mac. ( http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story... )

Funny how Apple seems to endorse theft when they are doing it, but somehow sees it as wrong if others are taking stuff from them. Pot calling kettle evidently goes a long way back as far as Apple is concerned.

Direct copying of a computer's firmware is a way different type of "theft" than what you are alluding to.

Re: Ghosts in the rom

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Post by joezydeco » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 3:53 PM UTC

dalke wrote: post #13

megablast wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am pretty sure this is not the first time it has been shown.

Indeed, it's been known for a long time.

Here's an archived Usenet post with a load of PC easter eggs. It's twenty years old. The Mac SE team picture is listed in here.

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/Easter-Eggs

Re: Ghosts in the rom

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Post by rprasad » Wed, Aug 22, 2012, 9:43 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #21

josteink wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny how Apple seems to endorse theft when they are doing it, but somehow sees it as wrong if others are taking stuff from them. Pot calling kettle evidently goes a long way back as far as Apple is concerned.

Direct copying of a computer's firmware is a way different type of "theft" than what you are alluding to.

No, it's really not, unless you are arguing that what was copied from Apple (designs) is not something that should be subject to protection.