Editing CherryOS (section)

===CherryOS 1.0 release===
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Since the Software Freedom Law Center would not do actions pro-bono, if made in [[Hawaii]], the PearPC team began collecting donations to prepare for a lawsuit against Maui X-Stream and CherryOS.<ref>Slashdot: [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/30/1552223&tid=98 PearPC Trying to Sue CherryOS]</ref> As CherryOS withdrew, this money became largely unnecessary, and was later donated to the Software Freedom Law Center, who represented individual developers of PearPC.<ref>Software Freedom Law Center: [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/news/2007/mar/30/pearpc/ PearPC Donates Legal Defense Fund to SFLC]</ref> 
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After a delay, CherryOS 1.0 was released in its final form on March 8, 2005. Maui-X Stream initially offered a free copy for evaluation<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/> on its website,<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/><ref name="cosxrereleased"/>  with 14 boot allowances<ref name="cosdresurfances"/>  and five free days per copy.<ref name="cossirishtimes"/>  According to MXS president Jim Kartes, within the first few days the free version was downloaded 100,000 times.<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>  Stated Kartes to the ''Mac Observer'' on March 8, 2005, "there has been a lot of misinformation about this product... I think we have proven those skeptics wrong."<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/> Initial reports of certain computers encountering slow speeds<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>  and glitches were explained by MXS as "expected," as "it's got bugs. That is why we're offering a free trial download. If it doesn't work, they shouldn't buy it.... we will use the testing of consumers to improve its stability and performance."<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>  Kartes extrapolated that after development, somewhere between "60% and 70% of all PC owners" would be able to use the CherryOS product.<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>   MXS announced plans to market CherryOS throughout the summer of 2005, but withheld specifics on when it would be released for sale.<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>

BetaNews.com reviewed CherryOS upon its public release, arguing that there were again similarities between CherryOS and PearPC, including specific non-generic lines of code.<ref name="cosdresurfances"/> Maui X-Stream president Jim Kartes denied that CherryOS had grafted in PearPC code,<ref name="cosfarstechnia"/>  and on March 24, 2005, a spokesperson for CherryOS stated to the ''[[Irish Times]]'' that CherryOS 1.0 was "absolutely not" a knockoff of Pear PC, as "there are considerable differences between the two products: Both products emulate the Apple operating system but the similarity ends there."<ref name="cossirishtimes"/> The spokesperson further explained that "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. For example, Pear tops out at G3 emulation and CherryOS is the only stable G4 emulator on the market today. CherryOS uses multithreading architecture for speed and ease of use. Pear employs a step-by-step approach; CherryOS features a shared-drive emulator, a drag-and-drop option allows you to connect the Windows drive to a Mac environment and CherryOS is the only emulator to support sound."<ref name="cossirishtimes"/>   Kartes further stated that although PearPC introduced their code before CherryOS, that "doesn't give them a claim on certain technical aspects of our product."<ref name="cosnmacobserver"/>

On March 30, 2005, [[Ars Technica]] reported that the creators of PearPC were "contemplating" litigation against Maui X-Stream.<ref name="cosfarstechnia"/><ref name="cosplinuxinsider"/>   On April 6, 2005, Cherry OS was announced by its developers to be on hold "until further notice."<ref name="cosconhold"/> A day later, CherryOS announced on its website that it would no longer be a commercial product, and that "due to overwhelming demand, Cherry open source project launches May 1, 2005."<ref name="cosugoesopensource"/> The trademark for CherryOS was filed as abandoned as of June 21, 2006.<ref name="cosgjustia"/>