Apple and Psystar head for mediation. What does it mean? Not much.
Word of Apple ruminates on Apple and Psystar's decision to head into arbitration, and hence to evaluation and mediation, instead of a court trial. Most of it is concerned with correcting the ignorant assumptions that people keep feeding into their "What does it all mean?" speculations.
An agreement to participate in ADR (alternative dispute resolution) is not significant ... Apple has not agreed to forgo trial on this matter. It appears to me that some recent reports seem to mistakenly imply this is the case. Additionally, I believe a tempest in a teapot has arisen with regards to the fact that these proceedings will be secret. This also is not unusual. In my own job, which involves cases involving thousands to multi-millions of dollars, confidential settlement agreements through Mediation are commonplace and pretty noncontroversial. ... I would also bet on pain of being forced to use Vista for the next year that both sides already have conducted, or will be conducting, extensive private research on their own including, the use of trial psychology consultants and mock trials.
It is but the wind wiggling the fingers of the hand as it arcs in to deliver the slap. The more interesting question, World of Apple believes, is whether Psystar is some kind of patsy for a more well-organized Mac-cloning program.
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Hi Rob, thanks for the link and the mention of my little theory. Be on the lookout for more Psystar material at World of Apple. It is one of my particular heavy interests.
Absolutely. Cheers!