Editing CherryOS (section)

{{Short description|PowerPC G4 emulator}}
{{For|the Android-based operating system|Cherry OS}}
{{Infobox software
| name = CherryOS
| logo = Cherry os logo.png<!-- Image name is enough -->
| logo alt = 
| screenshot = <!-- Image name is enough -->
| caption = 
| screenshot alt = 
| collapsible = 
| author = Arben Kryeziu
| developer = Maui X-Stream
| released = October 12, 2004<br /><small>(soft launch)</small><!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = 
| latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} -->
| programming language = 
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform = [[x86]]
| size = 
| language = 
| language count = <!-- Number only -->
| language footnote = 
| genre = [[PowerPC G4]] processor [[emulator]]
| license = [[Commercial product|Commercial]] <small>(2004-06)</small><br />[[Open-source software]] <small>(2006-)</small><ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/1044139/cherryos.html "CherryOS goes open source" by ''MacWorld'']</ref>
| website = cherryos.com (offline)
| standard = 
| AsOf = 
}}
'''CherryOS''' was a [[PowerPC G4]] processor [[emulator]] for [[x86]] [[Microsoft Windows]] platforms, which allowed various [[Apple Inc.]] programs to be operated on [[Windows XP]]. Announced and made available for pre-orders on October 12, 2004, it was developed by Maui X-Stream (MXS),<ref name="cososweetensmac"/>  a [[startup company]] based in [[Lahaina, Hawaii]]<ref name="coslstarbulletin"/> and a subsidiary of Paradise Television.<ref name="coslstarbulletin"/> The program encountered a number of launch difficulties its first year, including a poorly-reviewed [[soft launch]] in October 2004, wherein ''[[Wired Magazine]]'' argued that CherryOS used code grafted directly from [[PearPC]], an older [[open-source software|open-source]] emulator. Lead developer Arben Kryeziu subsequently stated that PearPC had provided the inspiration for CherryOS, but "not the work, not the architecture. With their architecture I'd never get the speed."<ref name="costnovmeberharvest"/>

After further development, CherryOS 1.0 was released in its final form on March 8, 2005,<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>  with support for [[CD]], [[DVD]], [[USB]], [[FireWire]], and [[Ethernet]]. It was described as automatically detecting "hardware and network connections" and allowing "for the use of virtually any OS X-ready application,"<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>  including [[Safari (program)|Safari]] and [[Mail (Apple)|Mail]].<ref name="cossirishtimes"/> Estimated to be compatible with approximately 70 percent of PCs,<ref name="cossirishtimes"/> MXS again fielded accusations that CherryOS 1.0 incorporated code from PearPC. MXS argued CherryOS was "absolutely not" a knockoff,"<ref name="cossirishtimes"/>  and that though "certain generic code strings and screen verbiage used in Pear PC are also used in CherryOS... they are not proprietary to the Pear PC product."<ref name="cossirishtimes"/> Shortly afterwards the creators of PearPC were reported to be "contemplating" litigation against Maui X-Stream,<ref name="cosfarstechnia"/> and on April 6, 2005, CherryOS was announced to be on hold.<ref name="cosconhold"/> A day later, CherryOS announced that "due to overwhelming demand, Cherry open source project launches May 1, 2005."<ref name="cosugoesopensource"/>