However, it is not an activated Windows install, and it will take you to the Store asking you to purchase a Windows 11 Pro license for $199, but you can use it unactivated with the typical non-activated Windows restrictions. Parallels now automatically downloads Windows 11 and sets it up for you (including skipping Microsoft account), just tried today. Having wooed so many developers to the Mac in the last decade, are they really prepared to throw away all that goodwill by shipping obsolete tools and making it a pain in the ass to upgrade them? They already annoyed and inconvenienced a lot of people with the Samba and GCC removal. I’m also intrigued to see how far they are prepared to go with this.

So, which of those things are they planning for OS X, eh? The second is that it carefully prevents TiVoization, locking down hardware so that people can’t actually run the software they want. The first is that it explicitly prohibits patent lawsuits against people for actually using the GPL-licensed software you ship. The real reason is likely this:Īnyway, the message is pretty obvious: Apple won’t ship anything that’s licensed under GPL v3 on OS X. Apple seemed to be able to use GPLv2 without any consequences, and GPLv3 has all the same properties in that regard.

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