Psystar, the plucky Mac cloner in Doral, Fla,, has thrown down the gauntlet and countersued Apple. At a small press conference in the office of Psystar’s attorneys in Palo Alto, Calif., the lawyers said they have answered Apple’s original lawsuit filed July 3 and upped the ante by filing one of their own in a Northern California federal court.

Psystar’s View

The countersuit filed Tuesday alleges that Apple is in violation of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts. In

specific, Psystar contends that Apple, by tying its Mac OS X operating system to Apple hardware, composes restraint of trade.

Citing Microsoft and Linux as examples, Psystar attorney Colby Springer of the antitrust law firm of Carr and Ferrell said these OS providers have no such restrictions on hardware.

Psystar President Rudy Pedraza affirmed that his company believes Mac OS X is a great operating system, but customers shouldn’t have to pay high […]

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