Dow Jones Newswires (via MacRumors)is reporting that Mac clone maker Psystar is in the midst of shutting down operations before the December 31st deadline arrives, which was put in place by a federal court judge who granted Apple a permanent injunction which prevented Psystar from selling machines with Mac OS X on them or any software that might allow customers to do the same.
The Doral, Fla.-based computer maker, which made machines that run Apple’s popular Macintosh operating system, intends to fire its eight employees, company attorney Eugene Action told Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday.
Psystar President Rudy Pedraza will then be “shutting things down immediately, ” Action said. “They will not be in business.”
As of this writing, the Psystar website has been closed, and it of course was the company’s main retail channel.
MacRumors sums up the legal jargon very nicely:
In the permanent injunction granted earlier this week, federal court judge William Alsup declined to grant Psystar’s request to exclude from the injunction its Rebel EFI software, which enables consumers and other third parties to install Mac OS X on non-Apple computers. Alsup noted, however, that Psystar could bring a separate case to address the legality of Rebel EFI, which was not subject to full disclosure in the trial, although the company could be held in contempt if it continued selling the software before its legality had been addressed.
Psystar may try to pursue the defense of Rebel EFI’s legality, but in the mean time it appears Psystar is dead.
UPDATE: Not so fast. It looks like Psystar is still kicking, or at least according to Computerworld.
However, Camara told Computerworld by e-mail today, “Regrettably, Mr. Action was misquoted in an early story that seems to have been picked up elsewhere. Psystar does not intend to shut down permanently.”
Psystar also plans to pursue legal actions regarding the company’s Rebel EFI software.
Psystar has several legal moves left to make, Camara said today. “Psystar will proceed to litigate the legality of Rebel EFI through the motion process described in Judge Alsup’s order,” Camara said. “Psystar will also proceed with its antitrust case in Miami.”
Psystar’s website, which had been down for several days straight, is now back up in running, sans Mac clones.
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