Psystar and Apple Tell the Appeals Court Why Mediation Wouldn't Work Out

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Psystar and Apple Tell the Appeals Court Why Mediation Wouldn't Work Out

It isn't hard to see why mediation wouldn't work for the parties in the Apple v. Psystar litigation, just by reading what each has filed with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a form called the Mediation Questionnaire:

01/22/2010 - 3 - Filed (ECF) Appellee Apple Inc. Mediation Questionnaire. Date of service: 01/22/2010. [7205615] (JGG)

01/24/2010 - 4 - Filed (ECF) Appellant Psystar Corporation Mediation Questionnaire. Date of service: 01/22/2010. [7205736] (KDC)

The form is a mediation form that they have to fill out within a week of a filing for appeal, telling the court about the case, so their mediation service can figure out what the issues are, or in this case, why mediation would be a wasted effort.
It's a total he said/she said thing. Here's the only thing they agree about: "Both Psystar and Apple agree that this case is not suitable for mediation." But this form is of real interest, in that it gives us our first real indication of what Psystar's appeal is going to be about. It has filed a notice of appeal, but it won't file its brief until May. So this is our first substantive clue.

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AKBD(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual AKBD(4) NAME
akbd -- Apple Desktop Bus keyboard driver for wscons SYNOPSIS
akbd* at obio? wskbd* at akbd? console ? options ALTXBUTTONS options CAPS_IS_CONTROL options FORCE_FUNCTION_KEYS DESCRIPTION
This driver provides the wscons(4) driver with support for Apple Desktop Bus keyboards. To work around the limited number of buttons found on most ADB mice, one can map key sequences to trigger mouse button events. To map Option+1, Option+2, Option+3 to mouse buttons 1, 2, and 3 respectively, add the following line to your kernel configuration file: options ALTXBUTTONS On macppc systems it is possible to tweak the keyboard driver to treat the caps lock key on an ADB keyboard as a control key. This requires special remapping because of ADB's strange emulation of a mechanically-locked key. To enable this code add the following line to your kernel configuration file: options CAPS_IS_CONTROL On macppc PowerBooks, several function keys double as "hot keys" (brightness, volume, eject) when the Fn modifier is held down. Mac OS X likes to reprogram the keyboard controller to send hot key events when Fn is not held down and send function key events when it is. To transform the non-keyboard "button" events back into function key events, place the following line in your kernel configuration file: options FORCE_FUNCTION_KEYS SUPPORTED HARDWARE
NetBSD is known to support the following ADB keyboards: o On-board keyboards on PowerBook models o Apple Standard Keyboard o Apple Keyboard II o Apple Extended Keyboard o Apple Extended Keyboard II o Apple Adjustable Keyboard o Most third-party ADB keyboards are supported SEE ALSO
adb(4), wscons(4), wskbd(4), wsconsctl(8) BUGS
The number pad on extended keyboards does not send out the proper key codes for many applications. The LEDs on extended keyboards are not functional under NetBSD. BSD
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