CherryOS goes offline
The above is what you get when you go to cherryos.com, and CherryOS has been removed from the list of products Maui-X sells. It's very amusing, but I wouldn't break out the party hats.
I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that this won't be the last these guys are heard of; they've sunk in too much time, money and effort into this endeavor to walk away without trying every angle they possibly can.
Posted by drunkenbatmanApril 05, 2005, at 01:10 AM
Comments (14)
Posted by: Chris McElligott at April 5, 2005 01:48 AM
Oh god what kind of prank are they trying to pull now?
Posted by: Troy at April 5, 2005 01:49 AM
Yah, the witch is dead!
Posted by: Marcut at April 5, 2005 06:20 AM
It has just... disappeared from their site. No notice or explanation? I'd be pissed if I gave them $$$
Posted by: gurple at April 5, 2005 08:29 AM
Pardon my ignorance and being off topic if offensive. I'm curious about that browser displayed. Is that a homebrew WebCore/WebKit app you've whipped up?
Tchuß,
gurple
Posted by: adam at April 5, 2005 09:10 AM
The browser looks like Safari with the back/forward buttons off and perhaps a ShapeShifter theme with white metal windows.
Posted by: Tomas Sancio at April 5, 2005 01:33 PM
There's a quick example in oreilly.net on how to build your own browser http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/01/23/webkit.html
Posted by: WindozeBloze at April 5, 2005 02:25 PM
Really gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling!
Posted by: mike at April 5, 2005 04:55 PM
Die Cherry OS, die!
Posted by: Peter da Silva at April 5, 2005 05:57 PM
Three cheers and a tiger for Drunkenbatman!
Posted by: Lee at April 5, 2005 07:16 PM
LOL I went to maui X live chat and this is what I got.
Please wait for a site operator to respond.
You are now chatting with 'Gene'
Gene: Hello
Gene: Welcome to our live chat service.
you: Hi Gene, Is Cherry OS going to become available again? I was looking at it the other day as we write java software that runs on mac as well but don't have a mac so it would have been good to test with
Gene: I am sorry but this is support for VX30 software. All I know about CherryOS is on their website.
you: k
Posted by: Melissa Cushing at April 5, 2005 08:34 PM
Yahoo news is carrying this and linking to your blog. Cool. :)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=77&e=2&u=/mc/20050405/tc_mc/macemulatorcherryosonhold
Posted by: Grape Toast at April 5, 2005 10:53 PM
Ok so if they shut down CherryOS what happens to PearPC? They collected money to sue to stop right?
Posted by: Peter da Silva at April 7, 2005 10:11 AM
What's this about GPL software license strings being found in other Maui-X software?
It may not be their last gasp, but it made me smile nonethless. :-) No need to be modest, Mr. DrunkenBatman. Your bringing attention to Maui-X was a big break for them being stolen from.